NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate on Sunday arrested Sanjay Agarwalthe managing partner of Ghanshayamdas Gems and Jewels in a loan fraud case, the agency informed.
Agarwal was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 on Friday in a case in which Hyderabad State Bank of India (SBI) suffered a loss of Rs 67 Crore, the official said.
Taking to Twitter, ED wrote, “The agency has arrested Sanjay AgarwalManaging Partner of Ghanshayamdas Gems and Jewels, under PMLA, 2002 on Friday in a loan fraud case in which SBI, Hyderabad, suffered a loss of Rs 67 Crore.”
“The Court has remanded the accused to 15 days of judicial custody,” ED tweeted further.
ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR registered by CBI, BS&FB, Bangalore under various sections of IPC. Subsequently, CBI registered another FIR against Sanjay Agarwal and others relating to fraudulently removing gold and jewelery hypothecated to PNB against gold loan availed by his firm and thereby causing a loss of Rs 31.97 Crore to the PNB.
The investigation by ED revealed that in 2010 and 2011, Agarwal fraudulently procured gold bullion from SBI by producing fake and forged Bank Guarantees and covering letters purportedly issued by PNB and sold the gold bullion in local market to various jewellers and small traders in cash.
The cash so generated was diverted to several other firms floated by Sanjay Agarwal in the name of his wife, brothers and his employees. Later, after default on the gold loan happened, SBI found that the BGs & letters were forged. On August 12, 2011, Agarwal and his brothers Ajay and Vinay clandestinely removed the entire stock of gold and jewelery kept at their store in Abids, Hyderabad. The stock was already hypothecated to the PNB against gold loan availed by the firm.
Sanjay Agarwal was already lodged in Kolkata Jail in another ED case related to diversion of ‘duty-free export bound gold’ into domestic market. He was produced before the PMLA Special Court Hyderabad on November 2, 2022 on a production warrant and the court has remanded Sanjay Agarwal to 15 days of judicial custody.
Further investigation is under progress, the agency said.
Agarwal was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 on Friday in a case in which Hyderabad State Bank of India (SBI) suffered a loss of Rs 67 Crore, the official said.
Taking to Twitter, ED wrote, “The agency has arrested Sanjay AgarwalManaging Partner of Ghanshayamdas Gems and Jewels, under PMLA, 2002 on Friday in a loan fraud case in which SBI, Hyderabad, suffered a loss of Rs 67 Crore.”
“The Court has remanded the accused to 15 days of judicial custody,” ED tweeted further.
ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR registered by CBI, BS&FB, Bangalore under various sections of IPC. Subsequently, CBI registered another FIR against Sanjay Agarwal and others relating to fraudulently removing gold and jewelery hypothecated to PNB against gold loan availed by his firm and thereby causing a loss of Rs 31.97 Crore to the PNB.
The investigation by ED revealed that in 2010 and 2011, Agarwal fraudulently procured gold bullion from SBI by producing fake and forged Bank Guarantees and covering letters purportedly issued by PNB and sold the gold bullion in local market to various jewellers and small traders in cash.
The cash so generated was diverted to several other firms floated by Sanjay Agarwal in the name of his wife, brothers and his employees. Later, after default on the gold loan happened, SBI found that the BGs & letters were forged. On August 12, 2011, Agarwal and his brothers Ajay and Vinay clandestinely removed the entire stock of gold and jewelery kept at their store in Abids, Hyderabad. The stock was already hypothecated to the PNB against gold loan availed by the firm.
Sanjay Agarwal was already lodged in Kolkata Jail in another ED case related to diversion of ‘duty-free export bound gold’ into domestic market. He was produced before the PMLA Special Court Hyderabad on November 2, 2022 on a production warrant and the court has remanded Sanjay Agarwal to 15 days of judicial custody.
Further investigation is under progress, the agency said.
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