ED Mumbai arrests former director of private firm in money laundering case
The HinduThe Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai Zonal Office has arrested Purushottam Chhaganlal Mandhana, former Chairman and Managing Director of M/s Mandhana Industries Limited, on July 18 under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 against MIL and others in a case of bank fraud. The agency initiated an investigation on the basis of FIR registered by CBI, BS & FB, Mumbai against MIL, Purushottam Mandhana, Manish Mandhana, Biharilal Mandhana and others based on a complaint filed by Bank of Baroda for defrauding consortium of banks to the tune of ₹975.08 Crore, ED officials said in a press statement. But the ED investigation revealed that Purushottam Mandhana has hatched a criminal conspiracy along with other directors of the company and caused a wrongful loss to the banks for personal enrichment,” an ED official said. As per the ED’s report, Purushottam Mandhana had an ulterior motive and incorporated numerous fictitious entities in the name of his employees and he used such entities for layering of funds of MIL including the loan funds.