Court issues summons to Venugopal Dhoot, Chanda Kochhar

MUMBAI: A special Prevention of

Money Laundering

Act court on Saturday took cognisance of the enforcement directorate’s chargesheet submitted against former CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and

Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot

in a money laundering case.

While Deepak is in custody, the court has now issued summons to Chanda Kochhar and Venugopal Dhoot. They will have to appear before the court. Chanda Kochhar took charge of ICICI as its CEO in May 2009, after which she allegedly

illegally sanctioned

loans to Videocon group companies.