Venugopal Dhoot's lawyer Sandeep Ladda had filed this petition in the court days after the prime accused, former ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar, were granted bail on the grounds of "illegal arrest by CBI".
The Kochhars nabbed on December 23 and Dhoot arrested on December 26, was produced before a Special Central Bureau of Investigation Court
The case is related to alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in the sanction of a Rs 1,875 crore loan disbursed by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group between 2009 and 2011.
The charges levelled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the Kochhar family is that of illegal sanctioning of loans worth Rs 1,875 crores by ICICI bank to Videocon Group, during the tenure of Chanda Kochhar between June 2009 and October 2011.
The case is related to the alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in the sanction of a Rs 1,875 crore loan disbursed by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group during 2009 and 2011.
Kochhar is accused of "sanctioning loans to private companies in a criminal conspiracy with other accused to cheat the ICICI Bank".
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against former ICICI CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot in the loan case.
Chanda Kochhar stepped down in October last year after she was accused of conflicts of interest, lack of disclosures and quid pro quo while extending loans to the now-bankrupt Videocon Industries.
It is alleged that Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot had given a loan of Rs 64 crore to a firm he had jointly promoted with Deepak Kochhar, six months after his group got the Rs 3,250 crore loan.
The Income Tax (I-T) Department in Mumbai has quizzed Videocon Group Chairman-cum-Managing Director Venugopal Dhoot in connection with its ongoing…
