Four ex-bank officials among 10 booked by CBI for fraud

JAIPUR, Mar 25:
The CBI today lodged a case against two former AGMs, two ex-chief managers of Syndicate Bank’s Jaipur and Udaipur branch, and six others for allegedly causing loss of nearly Rs 209 crore to the bank.
Searches were underway at the residences of the accused including in Jaipur and Ajmer, a senior CBI official said.
The accused were identified as former Assistant General Managers — A K Tiwari and AGM Adarsh Manchanda, Chief Managers — Santosh Gupta and Deshraj Meena who worked at the bank’s Udaipur and Jaipur branch, the official said.
Udaipur-based Chartered Accountant Bharat Bomb, his builder brother-in-law Pavitra Kothari, Kothari’s employees – Piyush Jain and Vineet Jain, and builders Shankar Lal Khandelwal and Anoop Bartaria were also booked for the alleged fraud.
A complaint was lodged that the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy to avail home loans/credit facilities from the bank by submitting forged and fabricated documents. (PTI)

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