Kolkata: The anti-corruption wing of CBI on Monday raided a businessman’s house in south Kolkata in a multi-crore bank fraud case, official sources said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team from its city office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake arrived at the industrialist house at Ranikuthi around 7.15 am and began searches after detaining the prime accused.
Owner of the Ramswaroop Industries, said to be one Ashish Jhunjhunwala, was detained by the CBI, which has been aided by some bankers, sources said.
The accused allegedly deceived a nationalized bank of Rs 184 crore, sources added.
A case was registered in 2020 by the bank against the industrialist for failing to repay the loan he took from the bank in phases.