PNB scam- Gokulnath Shetty took a bribe of Rs 1 crore? Shetty was the deputy manager of PNB in the scandal
- Alleged to have taken bribe from Nirav Choksi
New Delhi on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Nirav Choksi, a diamond trader who allegedly laundered crores of rupees to PNB, was accused of giving a bribe of Rs 1 crore to Gokulnath Shetty, the then deputy manager of PNB. Officials investigating the scam said Shetty had taken a bribe of Rs 1.8 crore from Rishika Financial to arrange a bank guarantee for Muj Nirav Choksi's company Gitanjali James.
The CBI had leveled the new allegation against Gokulnath Shetty, the main accused in the PNB scam. According to CBI officials, Shetty was involved in the case of Mehul Choksi and Nirav Choksi, who allegedly slapped PNB with Rs 13,000 crore. Shetty had taken a bribe of Rs 1.8 crore from Rishika Financial to arrange a bank guarantee for Gitanjali James. Rishika's owner Devajyoti Datta was working to get quotes from Letters of Understanding from foreign funding banks. After receiving confirmation from Devjyoti Kane, Shetty was giving a letter of understanding through International Banking Messages Services (Swift).
The CBI had filed a fresh chargesheet against Shetty two weeks ago. A CBI official further said that a chargesheet was also framed against Shetty's wife for possessing unaccounted assets in excess of her income. Shetty's wife Lata was working as a clerk in Indian Bank. Both of them had assets worth Rs 4 crore 28 lakh between 2011 and 2017, more than their legal sources of income. No one was able to explain where such a large sum of money came from.
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