New Delhi,Dec.13 : The Interpol has issued Red Corner Notice(RCN) against PNB Scam accused Mehul Choksi on the request of CBI.
The absconding billionaire Mehul Choksi is accused of cheating state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore in alleged collusion with his nephew Nirav Modi, officials said Thursday.
He escaped in the first week of January this year after he and his companies cheated the bank and took citizenship of Antigua. He has appealed against the CBI’s application seeking the RCN.
The CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said the Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice(RCN) against Mehul Choksi on the request of the investigating agency.
The absconding billionaire has alleged that the cases against him were a result of political conspiracy. Sources said the matter went to a five-member Interpol committee’s court, called Commission for Control of Files which cleared the RCN.
A Red Corner Notice is a kind of international arrest warrant for fugitives where Interpol requests its member countries to arrest or detain them.
Prasanta Patnaik