Kharge calls out govt’s double standards citing Choksi case
Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi removed from the Interpol database of Red Corner Notices while Opposition leaders remained on the radar of the CBI and the ED.
Within a week of the surfacing of $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB)fraud, Gitanjali Gems’ stock has nosedived over 56 per cent.
It fell for sixth consecutive session on Wednesday. The stocks of the jewellery company plunged by 9.85 per cent to close at the lower circuit of Rs 27.45 per share on Wednesday.
Market capitalisation of the company stood at Rs 325.60 crore, down from Rs 695.08 crore.
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However, PNB shares gained for the second consecutive day after losing heavily for the past few sessions, following the news of the multi-crore fraud detected in the bank.
The stock closed higher by 0.47 per cent at Rs 117.10 per share.
The shares of the two companies had started to decline following the country’s second largest state-run bank PNB’s declaration of unearthing a fraud of Rs 11,300 crore involving diamantaire Nirav Modi.
The fraud, which included money-laundering among others was related to the Firestar Diamonds group in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal Modi
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