New Delhi, October 10
The CBI today conducted raids at a
north Delhi branch of the Bank of Baroda dealing with forex in connection with
“cash” deposits of Rs6,172 crore which were later “sent to Hong Kong”.
The raids came a day after Congress
hit out at the Narendra Modi government in relation to the transactions at the
Bank of Baroda branch, saying these were in contravention of rules.
The CBI sources said the raid was
conducted at the Ashok Vihar branch, which deals with forex. Raids were also
conducted at some other locations but details were not immediately available.
The raids are still in progress.
Congress spokesperson RPN Singh had
on Friday said that “black money” amounting to Rs6,172 crore had been sent out
of the country to get commodities such as pulses, rice and cashew nuts but it
was not enquired if the commodities were received or not.
Demanding an independent probe into
the “scam”, Singh had said the money was deposited as advance in 59 accounts of
the bank and three of the Indian companies were not traceable on the addresses
mentioned by them.
Singh said
the government was aware of the “scam” as the bank had conducted an inquiry and
asked why no FIR had been registered. — IANS
