Fraud: Banker seeks quashing of charges

CHANDIGARH: Deputy general manager of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Sector 19-D, RS Bindra, moved Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday seeking quashing of charges against him in a Rs 7-crore loan fraud trial under way at special CBI court. He is one of the eight accused in the case. HC will hear the matter on April 30.
On September 17, 2008, the CBI court had found ���prima facie��� that the bureau���s charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and abuse of official position against the accused had some substance in them.Bindra stated in HC that the prosecution process was improper, because necessary sanctions had not been taken.
The CBI court order mentions that OBC���s GM PK Sharma, Bindra, Ahmedabad-based DGM (inspection) SC Malhotra, and Bathinda-based chief manager RK Uppal had committed blunders. The CBI court stated the officers had seemingly colluded to provide a loan to Viney Mehra, purportedly the director of Dunroll Industries Limited (DIL), for setting up a food processing plant in Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh.
Mehra could not provide any documents in court to prove that he was the director. CBI court also found that the officers failed to check if DIL had bought any land for the plant. Mehra also allegedly misled OBC about a Rs 5.48 crore project in Kundli, Haryana.