‘Arrest required due to Venugopal Dhoot’s evasive replies’: CBI to HC as court reserves order in interim release plea
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Bombay High Court that Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot’s arrest was required as he was giving evasive replies. The central agency said Dhoot, along with ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar, had decided what precise answers were to be given to the agency to lie before it, therefore their confrontation with each other was required.
“The moment he was arrested, the blame game started (between Dhoot and Kochhars),” the agency said.
The CBI was responding to Dhoot’s plea seeking interim release claiming that his arrest on December 26, 2022, was illegal.
