MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police booked state BJP leader Mohit Kamboj, a company and two other directors for causing wrongful loss of Rs 52.8 core to the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB). The case was registered at the MRA Marg police station.
A senior police officer said the chief regional manager of the IOB was the complainant in the case. "We have booked a company and its three directors. They had taken a loan of Rs 52.8 crore between 2011 and 2015 from the bank," said the officer. Kamboj is one of the directors. The officer added that the loan was not used for the purpose it was taken and that there were allegations of diversion of funds, causing wrongful loss to the bank. The company's directors had taken credit facilities as well, said police. The matter came to the fore when the bank was conducting an internal inquiry, added police.
The police booked Kamboj and two other directors under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the IPC against the accused persons.
Responding to the FIR, Kamboj on Tuesday evening tweeted, "My Sources:- Today A Fabricated FIR Is Registered Against Me In EOW Mumbai By CP Sanjay Panday ! If U Think By Putting FIR Against Me In A Matter Which is long back settled and My Voice Can Be Suppress Or U Can Frighten Me Than U Are Wrong. I Will Go To Court With Facts." He also uploaded a video on twitter. In the video, he said he learnt from sources that an FIR was registered against him. He said that some old company which was shut in 2017 and its bank issues were taken, a fabricated FIR has been made against him. He said he feels that if the MVA government thinks that by doing such actions they can suppress his voice, he was not afraid of such fabrication.
A police officer said the case is based on a complaint by a public sector bank and verification is required.
