Arrested Syndicate Bank CMD S K Jain suspended
6 Aug 2014 5:11 AM IST
Two days after CBI arrested him for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 50 lakh to enhance the credit limit of some companies, the government on Monday suspended Syndicate Bank Chairman and Managing Director S K Jain.
Financial Services Secretary G S Sandhu said the Finance Ministry received a preliminary report from the CBI on the arrest of Jain on Saturday, based on which he was suspended.
Jain, 54, was appointed CMD of state-owned Syndicate Bank in July last year for a period of five years. He was one of the youngest CMDs of a public sector bank and was due to retire in 2020.
‘We have suspended him (S K Jain) and two executive directors (EDs) have been given charge of the bank as an interim arrangement,’ the Secretary said. M Anjaneya Prasad and T K Srivastava are the two EDs of the Bangalore-based bank. Jain, along with seven other accused were on Sunday remanded in CBI custody for four days as the agency plans to probe various other angles into the case that may emerge from the telephonic transcripts of the official and conduits.
After completing necessary formalities, the CBI placed Jain and seven others — Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Prakash Industries Ved Prakash Agarwal and Director Vipul Agarwal, Chartered Accountant Pawan Bansal, Vineet and Puneet Godha (relatives of Jain), Vijay Pahuja and Pankaj Bansal under arrest.
Jain was arrested by CBI on Saturday for allegedly negotiating with Bhushan Steel for an illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh in return for granting credit extension to that company as it had defaulted on the payment of loan installments amounting to crores of rupees to the bank.
Vice Chairman of the company Neeraj Singhal, who is named in the FIR and is since absconding, is alleged to have made the payment through a conduit Purushotam Totlani to Vineet Godha, brother-in-law of Jain. The conduit is also absconding and the CBI hopes to nab them soon.
Financial Services Secretary G S Sandhu said the Finance Ministry received a preliminary report from the CBI on the arrest of Jain on Saturday, based on which he was suspended.
Jain, 54, was appointed CMD of state-owned Syndicate Bank in July last year for a period of five years. He was one of the youngest CMDs of a public sector bank and was due to retire in 2020.
‘We have suspended him (S K Jain) and two executive directors (EDs) have been given charge of the bank as an interim arrangement,’ the Secretary said. M Anjaneya Prasad and T K Srivastava are the two EDs of the Bangalore-based bank. Jain, along with seven other accused were on Sunday remanded in CBI custody for four days as the agency plans to probe various other angles into the case that may emerge from the telephonic transcripts of the official and conduits.
After completing necessary formalities, the CBI placed Jain and seven others — Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Prakash Industries Ved Prakash Agarwal and Director Vipul Agarwal, Chartered Accountant Pawan Bansal, Vineet and Puneet Godha (relatives of Jain), Vijay Pahuja and Pankaj Bansal under arrest.
Jain was arrested by CBI on Saturday for allegedly negotiating with Bhushan Steel for an illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh in return for granting credit extension to that company as it had defaulted on the payment of loan installments amounting to crores of rupees to the bank.
Vice Chairman of the company Neeraj Singhal, who is named in the FIR and is since absconding, is alleged to have made the payment through a conduit Purushotam Totlani to Vineet Godha, brother-in-law of Jain. The conduit is also absconding and the CBI hopes to nab them soon.
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