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Sitharaman questions Rahul's presence at Gitanjali Jewels event

  •   Sat, Feb 17 2018 04:38:54 PM

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS): Countering Congress charge that multi-crore bank fraud took place during the BJP government, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Rahul Gandhi was present at a promotional event of Gitanjali Jewels and the whole episode took place in the UPA regime.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) underlined raised that Congress president Rahul Gandhi participated in the promotional event of Gitanjali Jewels.

Sitharaman said the Congress was blaming us wrongly, as it was them who let out a building to Nirav Modi's Firestar Diamond, which had Anita Singh -- the wife of Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi -- as one of the directors.

She alleged that all the inheritance, legacy and properties in this case belonged to the Congress party.

Sitharaman said that the Congress was the beneficiary and promoter of the company, but it was accusing the BJP for their own misdeeds.
  

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  • flavian dsouza, chik/bangalore

    Sat, Feb 17 2018

    Nirmala Madam
    How did Nirav Modi escape after meeting Mr Modi at DAVOS ?? Rafeal deal was sold to you know who ?? instead of HAL

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 17 2018

    What a silly defence by the defence Minister that Rajiv Gandhi was present at Gitanjali Jewels event.

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  • Michael Noronha, Mysore

    Sat, Feb 17 2018

    Ms Sitharaman please read this before you speak. Remember you are the Defence Minister of India. On such sensitive issues if you resort to politics, then God save our country. 2017-18 was the year of the SCAM.

    New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI): The CBI has registered a fresh FIR against Gitanjali Group promoter Mehul Choksi in connection with alleged fraud in the issuance of Letters of Undertaking (LoU) worth ?11,400 crore from Punjab National Bank (PNB), officials said on Thursday.

    The CBI has alleged that the new FIR pertains to 143 LoUs worth over ?4,886 crore fraudulently issued to three companies of Mr. Choksi — Gitanjali Gems, Nakshatra and Gili — during the period 2017-18. The agency had earlier registered a separate case involving ?280-crore fraud, which has now been expanded to cover LoUs worth ?6,498 crore issued to accused companies of Mr. Nirav Modi and Mr. Choksi.

    An LoU is a letter of comfort issued by one bank to branches of other banks, based on which foreign branches offer credit to buyers.

    After registering the FIR, the CBI carried out searches at 26 locations across six cities covering the premises of 18 Indian subsidiaries of Gitanjali Group.

    The CBI also questioned four officials of Punjab National Bank — Bechu Tiwari, Chief Manager posted at Nariman Point branch, Mumbai during February 2015-17; DGM Sanjay Kumar Prasad who was then AGM at Brady house branch during period 2016-17; Chief Manager of zonal audit office Mohinder Kumar Sharma, who was then concurrent auditor during Nov 2015-January 17; and Manoj Kharat, then Single Window Operator during November 2014-December 2017, the officials said.

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