Yes Bank Founder’s Daughter Stopped At Mumbai Before Flying To London
New Delhi:
Roshni Kapoor, daughter of Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, used to be stopped on the Mumbai airport sooner than boarding a flight to London amid a corruption investigation into the huge disaster that has hit India’s 5th biggest personal lender.
Rana Kapoor, arrested on cash laundering fees, used to be despatched to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody until March 11 by means of a Mumbai court docket on Sunday.
The company which investigates monetary crimes arrested Rana Kapoor early on Sunday after hours of interrogation and searches at his and his daughters’ apartments in Delhi and Mumbai.
Rana Kapoor used to be produced in a Mumbai court docket and a case of cash laundering has been registered towards him.
Sunil Gonsalves, representing the ED, stated on the hour-long listening to the entire proceeds of the alleged crime amounted to Rs four,300 crore, and that Rana Kapoor had refused to cooperate with the investigation.
Mr Kapoor denied this. Zain Shroff, Kapoor’s legal professional, advised the court docket his consumer were made “a scapegoat” because of public outrage towards Yes Bank after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) positioned the financial institution beneath a moratorium and imposed limits on withdrawals.
Weighed down by means of an expanding pile of dangerous debt, Yes Bank attempted unsuccessfully for months to boost the capital it wishes to stick above regulatory necessities.
On Thursday, RBI took regulate of Yes Bank and stated it might paintings on a revival plan. State Bank of India (SBI) stated on Saturday it might make investments price range to shop for a 49 in keeping with cent stake in Yes Bank as a part of the preliminary section of a rescue deal for the lender.
Final week finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated Yes Bank had granted loans to entities together with bankrupt Dewan Housing and Finance Ltd.
The financial institution is the 3rd vital Indian monetary establishment to resolve within the ultimate six months, following the RBI’s strikes to take regulate of Dewan Housing and Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank.