Sharad Pawar Meets Anurag Thakur To Discuss Revival Of Scam-hit PMC Bank
Money & Banking
PTI
Mumbai |
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January 13, 2020
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January 13, 2020
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday met Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur to discuss the possibility of revival of the troubled Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank. After the meeting in Delhi, the Rajya Sabha member termed the discussion as “constructive”.
The PMC Bank has been put under restrictions by the RBI, after a multi-crore scam came to light following which the deposit withdrawal was initially capped at ₹1,000, causing panic and distress among depositors. The withdrawal limit was increased gradually to ₹50,000.
“Had a meeting with the Union Minister of State for Finance, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur (@ianuragthakur) in New Delhi to raise the issue of revival of PMC Bank. We had a constructive exchange of views on the topic,” Pawar tweeted.
The fraud at PMC Bank came to light in September last year after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) discovered that the bank had allegedly created fictitious accounts to hide over ₹6,700 crore in loans extended to the almost-bankrupt Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).
According to RBI, the PMC bank masked 44 problematic loan accounts, including HDIL loan accounts, by tampering with its core banking system, and the accounts were accessible only to limited staff members.
Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Enforcement Directorate have registered offences in the case. The EOW last month submitted a 32,000-page charge sheet against five persons in the multi-crore PMC Bank scam.
The charge sheet has named former managing director of the bank Joy Thomas, former chairman Waryam Singh, former director of the bank Surjit Singh Arora, along with HDIL promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan.
The charge sheet includes the forensic audit report of PMC bank and documents of properties purchased by the accused bank officials with kickbacks received by them for giving undue favour to HDIL and the Wadhawans.
Published on
January 13, 2020
PTI
Mumbai |
Updated on
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday met Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur to discuss the possibility of revival of the troubled Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank. After the meeting in Delhi, the Rajya Sabha member termed the discussion as “constructive”.
The PMC Bank has been put under restrictions by the RBI, after a multi-crore scam came to light following which the deposit withdrawal was initially capped at ₹1,000, causing panic and distress among depositors. The withdrawal limit was increased gradually to ₹50,000.
“Had a meeting with the Union Minister of State for Finance, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur (@ianuragthakur) in New Delhi to raise the issue of revival of PMC Bank. We had a constructive exchange of views on the topic,” Pawar tweeted.
The fraud at PMC Bank came to light in September last year after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) discovered that the bank had allegedly created fictitious accounts to hide over ₹6,700 crore in loans extended to the almost-bankrupt Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).
According to RBI, the PMC bank masked 44 problematic loan accounts, including HDIL loan accounts, by tampering with its core banking system, and the accounts were accessible only to limited staff members.
Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Enforcement Directorate have registered offences in the case. The EOW last month submitted a 32,000-page charge sheet against five persons in the multi-crore PMC Bank scam.
The charge sheet has named former managing director of the bank Joy Thomas, former chairman Waryam Singh, former director of the bank Surjit Singh Arora, along with HDIL promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan.
The charge sheet includes the forensic audit report of PMC bank and documents of properties purchased by the accused bank officials with kickbacks received by them for giving undue favour to HDIL and the Wadhawans.
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