CBI arrests Come up India Ltd MD Avinash Jain in Rs 512 crore financial institution fraud case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday mentioned it has arrested a managing director and promoter of a non-public firm in reference to a Rs 512 crore financial institution fraud case. Information company ANI later reported that the arrested particular person had been recognized as Avinash Jain, MD and Promoter of Come up India Restricted.

Probing the financial institution fraud, the CBI examined a number of individuals together with witnesses, officers of the non-public firm, and financial institution officers. Nevertheless, the company mentioned that the one who was arrested as we speak was discovered to be evasive in his replies.

The central company mentioned {that a} case was filed on 19 November 2019 in opposition to the corporate primarily based at Mangala Puri in Palam, and others together with its Director, Promoter, and authorities officers on the allegations of inflicting loss to banks to the tune of Rs 512.67 crore.

The case was filed on a grievance by the State Financial institution of India (SBI). The financial institution in its grievance had alleged that the accused cheated the consortium of 6 banks, led by the SBI, inflicting fraud of Rs 512.67 crore. It was additional alleged that the accused had diverted financial institution loans to its associated events and intentionally cheated the banks by inflating the debtors of the corporate.

The corporate was within the enterprise of producing and buying and selling of monoblock pumps, submersible pumps, batteries, inverters, and electrical items and its items have been at Sonipat (Haryana) and Kala Amb (Himachal Pradesh). The account of the corporate was declared NPA (Non-Performing Asset) on 27 February 2017.

The CBI performed searches on 2 December 2020 on the premises of the accused which led to the restoration of a number of incriminating paperwork.