PNB scam: Gitanjali Group VP sent to police custody, ED to issue LRs to over 15 countries

New Delhi : A Mumbai court on Tuesday sent the Vice President of Banking Operations of Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Group, Vipul Chitalia -- who was arrested in connection with CBI's ongoing probe into the multi-crore PNB fraud case -- to police custody till March 17, officials said.

 In a related development, the Enforcement Directorate, which is also probing the Rs 12,600-crore Punjab National bank (PNB) fraud case, has decided to send Letters Rogatory (LRs) to over 15 countries against diamond jeweller



Nirav Modi and Choksi.

"Vipul Chitalia was arrested by the agency officials after a brief questioning. He was produced before a court which sent him to police custody till March 17," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said.

Earlier in the morning, he was taken away from the Mumbai airport by the CBI, soon after he landed in the city.

The CBI official also said that Chitalia had fled the country along with Nirav Modi in January this year.