The CBI said Mehul Choksi told the dummy directors to apply for Thailand visas as Hong Kong operations would be closed. When the fraud came to light, he allegedly got them to move to Bangkok in February 2018. "In January 2018, vipul chitalia (vice-president of Choksi's Gitanjali Group of Companies) conveyed to these dummy partners, directors authorised signatories. It also said that in February 2018, Choksi called up PNB's Brady House branch's head any promised to settle the repayment of the outstanding fraudluent and bills discounted against fraudulent. Among the 22 individuals and companies charged in the case by the CBI, the new additions are Sagar Sawant, PNB's single window operator; Sanjay Kumar Prasad. The CBI said that these documents were recovered from the rented premises of one of Choksi's employees. Before their recovery, the documents were shifted to various places across the city with the intention to cause disapperance of evidence. The CBI also said that the bank had paid Rs 3,154 crore to six overseas lending banks since the detection of the fraud in 2018. Is not legally tenable as a document becomes evidence only after filing of the court, and the allegations are of a period much prior to even registration of the FIR. Citing the Kumbh Mela as a cautionary tale, the Uttarkhand HC on wednesday observed that Covid-19 dat shows pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela "took" the virus with them to the states they had come from, spurred a rise in cases and it was a "mistake" they would not want to repeat with the Char Dham Yatra. Unless there is a foolproof system to prevent Covid-19 spread, it "wouldn't be happy" to allow the state to hold the Yatra, the court said. I would hate to repeat the mistakes of Kumbh Mela. That can't be so please bring everything on record cheif justice.
