MUMBAI: The special CBI court on Wednesday took cognisance of the chargesheet filed against former CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar , her husband Deepak Kochhar, Videocon promoter Venugopal Dhoot and others in a Rs 3,250-crore loan fraud case and issued summons to all the accused. The matter will come up for hearing on August 2.
In the chargesheet, the CBI said after Chanda Kochhar’s appointment as ICICI Bank MD and CEO was announced in December 2008, the accused conspired with her to get loans sanctioned to the financially-beleaguered Videocon group. Loans were extended from time to time in lieu of illegal gratificationof Rs 64 crore paid in the guise of investment in M/s Nupower Renewables Limited, the Kochhars’ company.
