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YES Bank fraud case: ED searches Cox & Kings top brass for siphoning funds

Probe agency finds irregularities in loans amounting Rs 3,642 crore sanctioned by Yes Bank

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ED is investigating how the bank sanctioned the loans and whether the travel firm’s promoters siphoned off the money | Enforcement Directorate logo

Shrimi Choudhary New Delhi
Widening its investigation into the YES Bank fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday searched five premises of the promoter, directors, and auditors of outbound travel firm Cox & Kings. This was in connection with the tour operator’s financial dealings with Rana Kapoor, the co-founder of private lender YES Bank under judicial custody for alleged money laundering. 

According to the federal agency, outstanding loans aggregating Rs 3,642 crore sanctioned to the travel firms showed ‘irregularities’. 

“During investigation, irregularities were noticed in relation to the loan sanctioned to Cox & Kings Group. The group had created multiple layers of onshore and offshore

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