(PTI)
The CBI on Monday arrested three more Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials after intense grilling during the day in connection with Rs 11,384 crore scam involving billionaire jewellery merchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, officials said. The agency also started searches late this evening at group offices of Nirav Modi at Peninsula Business Park in lower Parel, Mumbai. The total number of arrests by the CBI has risen to six — four PNB officials, a retired employee of the bank, and an authorsied signatory of Nirav Modi’s company — after today’s development. Manoj Kharat, a Single Window Operator at PNB, and the retired employee Gokulnath Shetty were arrested earlier.
Bechhu Tiwari, the then chief manager in the Forex department; Yashwant Joshi, Scale II Manager in the Forex department; and Praful Sawant, Scale-I officer handling the exports section were arrested by the agency this evening, officials said The agency has started searches at their residences located in Navi Mumbai, Andheri and Dombivilli, they said. Tiwari was responsible for supervising Shetty, believed to be main accused along with Modi and Choksi.
