CBI registers FIR in ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case

NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,250 crore ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case and is carrying out searches Thursday at the group headquarters in Mumbai and offices in Aurangabad, officials said.nnThe search operation started Thursday morning and also covered offices of Nupower, a company operated by ICICI Bank’s former CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar and Supreme Energy, they said.nnIt is alleged that Videocon promoter Venugopal Dhoot allegedly invested crores of Rupees in Nupower months after the Videocon group got Rs 3,250 crore as loan from the ICICI Bank in 2012, they said.nnThe agency had registered a preliminary enquiry against Videocon promoter Venugopal Dhoot, Deepak Kochhar and unidentified others in March last year, they said.nnA PE is a precursor before the agency lodges an FIR to probe criminal charges on the basis of evidence collected during the former exercise.nnThe agency has now converted it into an FIR which means a full blown investigation has been started by the agency after registration of a case.nnThe details of the FIR and names of the accused are awaited, they said.nnSource: Press Trust of India