ED: ‘Key conspirator of Syndicate Bank loan scam changed his name, got new passport and travelled abroad via Nepal.’ | File Image
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) after arresting a key conspirator in Rs 1,257 crore Syndicate Bank loan fraudulent case on October 15, revealed that he changed his name, fraudulently sought a police verification report got issued a new passport in name of Himansh Verma and travelled abroad via Nepal.
However, the passport authorities canceled the new passport after knowing about his criminal history, the ED said.
The agency, giving detail on it said that Verma is a hardcore criminal and multiple criminal FIRs are registered against him and his family members in various Police stations in Punjab and Chandigarh. Verma is wanted by Punjab Police and the CBI too.
ED had earlier issued multiple summonses to Verma to join the investigation but he always remained non-cooperative in the investigation and never appeared except once.
The federal agency arrested Himanshu Verma alias Himansh Verma, a resident of Chandigarh, on October 15. Verma was produced before a special court in Jaipur, and the Judge remanded him to the ED custody for 10 days till October 25.
The agency initiated a money laundering investigation in the case against the officials of erstwhile Syndicate Bank (now Canara Bank) and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 based on the First Information Reports (FIRs) registered and charge sheet filed by the…
