The ED raided more than 10 places in Rajasthan on Friday in connection with the scam of crores of rupees at Punjab National Bank. An FIR has already been registered in this case. Amandeep Chaudhary of Sriganganagar is the main accused in this scam.
The Anti -Corruption Bureau filed an FIR in the case. Now in this case, the ED has started raids in Bikaner, Hanumangarh and Jaipur.
It is noteworthy that the ED remained active in the state for the second consecutive day. On Thursday, the ED also arrested former Rajasthan cabinet minister Mahesh Joshi in the Water Life Mission scam. Earlier, ED also temporarily seized 1,023 acres of Sahara Prime Limited here.
In the same month, the ED also raided the house of former cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariwas in connection with the chit fund scam. It is being told that about Rs 2850 crore of 28 lakh investors across the state has been stuck in this scam.
It is being told about the PNB case that Amandeep Chaudhary, a resident of Sriganganagar, along with his colleagues, took a loan of Rs 25 crore from Punjab National Bank and then cheated the bank and grabbed the money. It is alleged that he got a loan by mortgaging the goods kept in the warehouse, but later the goods were sold in the market without informing the bank.
Amandeep Chaudhary along with his wife Sunita Chaudhary, Omprakash and other accused are also involved in this entire case. ED teams raided three locations of the accused in Jaipur, two in Bikaner and five in Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar.
It is noteworthy that in October 2020, a case was registered in Jodhpur, the Anti -Corruption Bureau of Fraud. Now the ED has also started investigation due to the possibility of money laundering in this case. This raid of ED is believed to be revealing a big scam in the banking system. The investigating agency is now investigating the assets and financial transactions of the accused. There is a possibility of further revelations in this case in the coming days.
