Lucknow, September 23 (IANS) A special CBI court in Lucknow sentenced a bank officer and two others to three years imprisonment, as well as a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh in each, resulting in a loss of Rs 6.80 crore to the bank, an official said on Tuesday.
The CBI official said that the CBI court sentenced and sentenced Pankaj Khare to Pankaj Khare, in 2008, in a registered case of Bank of India, two private persons – two private persons – Rajesh Khanna and Shamshul Haq Siddiqui.
The official said in a statement that the three were sentenced to three years with a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh for fraud during 2004-06.
The statement said that the court imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on an accused private company, Anita Contractor and Construction Private Limited.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) registered the case on 9 July 2008 on the basis of complaint of Assistant General Manager, Bank of India, Main Branch, Hazratganj, Lucknow.
The complaint stated that from 2004 to 2006, the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy with others and cheated the Bank of India, Lucknow branch by taking advantage of cash credit facility on the basis of fake and fake non-existent work orders.
The company and its officials also presented forged property documents for the construction of a justified mortgage and in addition to other objectives, for which it was approved and thus the bank suffered a wrong loss to the tune of Rs 6.80 crore and misused itself, the complaint said.
After investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet against the accused on December 23, 2009, including Anita Jain, Anita Contractor and Managing Director of Construction Private Limited Anita Jain; Mohammed. Isteyaq Khan, a private person; Pankaj Khare, Deputy Chief Manager, Bank of India; Poonam Sinha, a private person; Prem Prakash Ashthana, Chief Manager, Bank of India; Rajesh Khanna, a private person; Shamshul Haq Siddiqui, a private person; Sudhir Kumar Jain, Proprietor of Jamuna Construction Company and Anita Contractor and Director of Construction Private Limited; And Anita Contractor and Construction Private Limited (through Anita Jain).
The CBI statement said that Prem Prakash Shathana and Poonam Sinha have been discharged by the special CBI court. Sudhir Jain and Mohammed. Estayak Khan ended during the case testing.
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