Charge sheet against retired PNB official, wife filed by the CBI in Nirav Modi case
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The CBI filed a charge sheet against Gokulnath Shetty who allegedly helped Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi
New Delhi: Officials said on October 2, that the CBI has filed a fresh charge sheet against Gokulnath Shetty. Shetty, the Punjab National Bank deputy manager allegedly helped Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi perpetrate a Rs 13000-crore fraud.
According to reports, the charge sheet was also filed against Shetty's wife for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.63 crore.
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The CBI charged Shetty and his wife Asha Latha Shetty, a clerk in Indian Bank, under corruption charges for amassing assets worth over Rs 4.28 crore. The CBI also alleges that the duo will be able to provide a satisfactory explanation for assets worth Rs 2.63 crore.
Nirav Modi (49) is currently lodged in a UK jail after being arrested in London in March 2019 and is currently fighting extradition to India.
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