PNB fraud case: ED continues raids at Gitanjali store

February 18, 2018 09:49

The Enforcement Directorate begins raid at a Gitanjali store Raipur in connection with the Punjab National Bank fraud case.

The ED on Saturday conducted searches at 21 locations across India.

The agency also seized diamonds, gold, precious stones and jewellery worth Rs 25 crore.

Earlier in the day, the ED seized diamonds worth Rs 2.30 crore from a Nakshatra jewellers showroom of Gitanjali Group in Bhopal.

The agency conducted searches at several places linked to Nirav Modi in Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat, and seized diamond, jewellery and gold worth Rs 5,649 crore.

The raids came after the agency filed a money laundering case against Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and relative Mehul Choksi on February 14, following a complaint by the PNB. -- ANI

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