Beleaguered banker Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were grilled by the Enforcement Directorate for the second consecutive day in Mumbai under the ICICI Bank-Videocon Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case, the Indian Express reported. The law enforcement agency also separately questioned Videocon’s Chairman Venugopal Dhoot.
Kochhar and her husband had appeared before the ED office yesterday. However, Kochhar left the ED office later as she was asked to operate her bank lockers by the agency, as part of their probe, the Indian Express quoted sources familiar with the development.
While Dhoot left the ED office around 11.30 PM, Deepak Kochhar was questioned till late night for the investments received by NuPower Renewables Pvt Ltd from various domestic and foreign firms. ED also recorded the statements of some of Kochhar and her husband’s relatives.
