A Krishna Kumar, MD of State Bank of India says the country‘s largest public sector bank has started an investigative audit on the allegations of wrongdoing levied by online portal Cobrapost. Kumar expects to complete the internal inquires by next month.
Aniruddha Bahal, editor, Cobrapost , in an interview to CNBC-TV18, calls for the deployment of the enforcement directorate to investigate the allegations of money-laundering and adds that custodial interrogation of those suspected to be involved is vital
Banks are accepting huge amounts of unaccounted cash to invest it in insurance products, and sometimes in gold as well. Forged PAN cards are being arranged to facilitate investment of huge unaccounted cash.