New Delhi, Jan 13: The CBI has booked the executive manager of a bank, three firm proprietors and two persons for depositing Rs 12.84 crore in banned currency which was later transferred to different accounts through net banking as legitimate money.
The CBI has filed an FIR saying on Rahul Chaudhary and Dushyant Chaudhary were operating accounts of Shiva Trading Company, Divyanshi Sales Corporation and Shyama Trading company in the Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Ghaziabad branch.
The CBI has alleged that the accused duo in connivance with proprietors Pankaj Kumar of Shiva Trading, Vikas Rathi of Divyanshi Sales and Ghanshyam Patel of Shyama Trading and Sabharwar changed registered phone numbers in the companies’ accounts for SMS alert service to be able to use them for fund transfers.
After the government declared Rs 1,000 and old Rs 500 notes as illegal tender on November 8, 2016, The Manager, Mr Sabharwar allegedly allowed Rahul and Dushyant Chaudhary to make Rs 12.84 crore cash deposit in the three companies accounts in violation of bank norms and RBI instructions related to cash deposits. Using the changed phone numbers, the duo transferred this amount to various bank accounts through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).
More reports awaited.
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