PNB fraud: CBI files 1st chargesheet against Nirav Modi, former bank chief
  • 6 years ago
The Central Bureau of Investigation filed its first charge sheet on Monday in the over $2 billion PNB fraud, perpetrated by jeweller Nirav Modi. The document lists the alleged role of Punjab National Bank’s former chief Usha Ananthasubramanian, who is now the CEO and MD of Allahabad Bank. Filed in a special Mumbai court, the chargesheet also names several other top officials of the bank. Ananthasubramanian was the MD and CEO of PNB from 2015 to 2017 and was recently questioned by the CBI in connection with the case. The agency has named PNB’s executive directors KV Brahmaji Rao, Sanjeev Sharan and general manager (international operations) Nehal Ahad in the charge sheet.