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ED files charge sheet against Kochhars, 9 others in money laundering case

Videocon's Dhoot also named; matter set to be heard on November 11

Chanda Kochhar
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In January, the probe agency had provisionally attached the assets of the Kochhar family, including a plush South Mumbai apartment (valued at Rs 76 crore), as proceeds of crime.

Shrimi Choudhary New Delhi
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint, also known as charge sheet, against ICICI bank’s former chief executive officer and managing director Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak Virendra Kochhar, and nine others in connection with a money laundering case involving the private lender and Videocon Group.

The ED charge sheet also named Videocon Group and chairman Venugopal Dhoot. Companies of Dhoot and Deepak Kochhar are part of the chargesheet as well.

This is the first prosecution in the matter after the case was registered in February 2019. The charge sheet was submitted to the Mumbai Sessions Court under the fresh deadline

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