Citibank scam: Crime branch conducts Raids

In a recent development in the Rs 405-crore Citibank scam, the crime branch of Haryana police conducted several raids at different places in Delhi and Gurgaon and seized one laptop and documents from the houses and offices of three accused on Saturday .

In a recent development in the R405-crore Citibank scam, the crime branch of Haryana police conducted several raids at different places in Delhi and Gurgaon and seized one laptop and documents from the houses and offices of three accused on Saturday .

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“We have made five teams which conducted the raids in the offices and homes of he accused in Gurgaon and Delhi. We have recovered some property-related document and one laptop and other imported documents from their possession.” said Abby Singh Rao, Superintendent of Police (SP), state crime branch.

He further said that the teams have recovered some property documents from Palam Vihar residence of Sanjay Gupta, AVP of a Hero Group entity in Delhi, while the team has recovered some documents from Gaurav Jain, CA in Hero Group team. A laptop has been recovered from Rajender Chand’s residence.

He further said that the department would interrogate the accused with the court’s permission if needed in the jail. Earlier, the city police were investigating the matter but on April 17 this case was transferred to the state crime branch.

Police probe had found that Shivraj Puri, a former relationship manager of Citibank, masterminded the scam. HTC