The special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act granted an extension to keep Rana Kapoor under custody till March 16
To seek provisional attachment in next few weeks
During the hearing, the ED told the special PMLA court that Kapoor had sanctioned loans worth Rs 30,000 crore to different entities during his tenure
Some aides of Kapoor, former board members may be asked to join probe
The Enforcement Directorate has widened its probe in the YES Bank case, taking it beyond loans given to DHFL; it is now looking at the bank's books to see if the Kapoor family received kickbacks
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Hopeful that moratorium on withdrawal will be lifted by Friday, says bank administrator
During his custodial interrogation, Kapoor said that he was "threatened and forced by Congress leader Milind Deora to buy the art piece". The agency says that it has evidence to support this claim.
SBI's YES Bank investment raises questions
Yes Bank has been put under a moratorium by the RBI till April 3, during which customers are not allowed to withdraw more than Rs 50,000.
"Prime Minister, you need to tell the nation what is the BJP's connection to the Yes Bank and its owner," Randeep Surjewala asked.
A dozen alleged shell firms, Kapoor family investments of Rs 2,000 crore and over Rs 4,500 crore worth of transactions are under the scanner of the agency at present.
The look out circular (LOC) was issued against all these seven accused to prevent any attempts to leave the country, the officials said
The bank, which had over Rs 2.09 lakh crore in deposits, was put under moratorium last Thursday due to an inability to raise capital. Its board was superseded and Kumar was placed as the administrator
Before the RBI action, YES Bank had deferred announcement of its earnings for the 3rd quarter of 2019-20 to March 14 or before. "I think we are going to declare our results on March 14th," Kumar said.
Congress alleged the loans given by YES Bank rose 100 per cent in just two years after demonetisation from Rs 98,210 crore in March 2016 to Rs 2,03,534 crore in March 2018
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12 shell firms, 2 UK assets, 44 paintings under ED scanner; London-bound daughter stopped at Mumbai Airport; CBI books Kapoor and Wadhawan on charges of cheating
RBI's draft reconstruction scheme for YES Bank suggested a permanent write-down of these bonds outstanding as of March 5.
Soon after the RBI announced the moratorium, global bank JP Morgan pegged YES Bank shares at Rs 1 a share.