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PNB Case: Court Allows ED to Question Accused Arrested by CBI

The accused are lodged in high security Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai.

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A special CBI court on Monday allowed the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking permission to interrogate employees of the Nirav Modi group firms who are in judicial custody in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.

"The ED's plea is allowed," said special CBI judge SR Tamboli.

The agency had last week approached the court seeking its nod to question some of the accused, arrested by the CBI, who are in judicial custody at present.

The accused are lodged in high security Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai.

We had sought permission saying that we have registered a case and we want to interrogate them.
ED Official
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The ED had sought permission to interrogate Vipul Ambani (president, Finance, Fire Star Diamond – a Nirav Modi group firm), Manish Bosamiya (then assistant general manager, Operation, of Firestar International Pvt Ltd), Miten Pandia (then Financial Manager at Firestar International), Sanjay Rambhia (Auditor of Nirav Modi group), Vipul Chatalia (Vice President, Banking operations, Firestar) and Kavita Mankikar (executive assistant and authorised signatory of Diamond R US, Stellar Diamond, and Solar Exports).

On 31 January and 15 February 2018, the CBI and the ED registered separate cases against Modi, his companies, and diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi in connection with the multi-crore PNB fraud.

The CBI has so far arrested a total of 19 accused, including Gokulnath Shetty, former DGM, PNB.

Meanwhile, the court on Monday rejected the bail application of Rajesh Jindal, the then head of the Brady House branch of PNB in south Mumbai.

A Special PMLA court has already issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Modi and his maternal uncle Choksi who had left the country before the alleged scam came to light.

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