PNB scam: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Mehul Choksi, Gitanjali officials named

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against the former international head of the Gitanjali Group of Companies, Sunil Verma, and others in connection with an alleged fraud in the PNB scam case, involving an amount of over ₹7,080 crore, in which the promoter of the group, Mehul Choksi, is wanted by the agency.

The fugitive diamond businessman, who is now facing a fresh effort by Indian authorities seeking his deportation from Dominica, where he apparently fled to last month, has been accused of destruction of evidence for the first time.

Two officials of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and a director of the Nakshatra brands under the Gitanjali group, have also been named as accused in the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The supplementary chargesheet, filed more than three years after the first chargesheet in the case against Choksi and his companies, coincides with the legal proceedings against Choksi in a court of Dominica, where he was arrested for “illegal entry" on May 24 after his mysterious disappearance from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda.