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Business News/ Industry / Banking/  Fraud-hit PNB alleges it has been defrauded again
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Fraud-hit PNB alleges it has been defrauded again

Punjab National Bank had reported an alleged fraudulent transaction in July as well
  • The lender alleged that ex-Maruti MD Jagdish Khattar colluded with some bank officials to cheat PNB
  • PNB filed a complaint in October alleging that Jagdish Khattar cheated the bank of 1.1 billion rupees.Premium
    PNB filed a complaint in October alleging that Jagdish Khattar cheated the bank of 1.1 billion rupees.

    Scandal-hit Indian lender Punjab National Bank alleged it has been cheated -- its third complaint since 2018 when it suffered through a $2 billion blow.

    The state-run bank filed a complaint in October alleging that Jagdish Khattar, founder of Carnation Auto India Pvt., a vehicle repair and servicing company, cheated the bank of 1.1 billion rupees ($15.4 million), according to a copy of the complaint posted on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s website.

    Punjab National, battling a surge in bad debt, had reported an alleged fraudulent transaction in July as well. In the latest complaint, the lender alleged that Khattar, a former managing director of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., the nation’s biggest carmaker, colluded with some bank officials to cheat Punjab National.

    “Carnation is a bonafide business failure," Khattar said in a text message. “There is no wrongdoing. A detailed forensic audit was conducted earlier this year by a leading independent auditor and nothing amiss was found."

    The lender has categorized Carnation’s account as a bad loan with effect from June 30, 2012, according to the complaint. The fraud-hit bank’s gross bad loan ratio rose to 16.8% as of September from 16.5% at June.

    Punjab National Bank “has now referred it to CBI as a part of the process followed by them," Khattar said. “Search was conducted by CBI but nothing incriminating was found. We will be vindicated once the investigation is completed."

    A unit of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s biggest maker of SUVs, bought the main assets of Carnation last year, excluding liabilities.

    The embattled lender disclosed a 38-billion-rupee fraud against Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. in July, roughly one year after a massive fraud at the bank that was allegedly perpetrated by jeweler-to-the-stars Nirav Modi.

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    Published: 25 Dec 2019, 09:32 AM IST
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