ICICI Bank-Videocon case: ED summons Kochhars with assets list
India TodayIn a development which may add to the troubles of top banker Chanda Kochhar, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned the former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank on May 3 in connection with a Videocon money-laundering case. The probe agency, according to sources, has come across evidence which suggests that the former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar was the sole beneficiary and no other employee of the company benefitted from the loans which were granted to certain individuals and firms. It has been alleged that Deepak Kochhar's firm -- NuPower Renewables -- received an investment of Rs 64 crore from Videocon Group and Rs 325 crore from Matix Fertilisers in 2010 soon after they were granted loans by ICICI Bank. However, sources within the probe agency have told India Today TV that ED's investigation has revealed that none of the other employees of ICICI Bank apart from Chanda Kochhar benefitted directly or indirectly from the loans. The ED claims that they have evidence against the former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, who has been questioned several times by the probe agency.