Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Mar 31: Vigilance officer of a private bank P S Padmavati filed a complaint with CEN police station of the city accusing a MD and directors of a food and export company situated at Baikampady industrial area of cheating the bank Rs 88.22 crore.
According to the details of the complaint filed by the vigilance officer, managing director of food and export company Srinivasa Bhat, directors Veena S Bhat, U N J Namboori and others applied for loan on October 10, 2015. They also provided a registration certificate of the company and guarantee to the bank. After doing pre-inspection, a loan of Rs 194.83 crore was sanctioned on October 20, 2015.
The company repaid the loan promptly every year and got the loan renewed also. However, in July 2021, during an audit, the company chiefs, without informing the bank, destroyed the stock that was pledged to the bank with the intention of getting illegal profit. This act is carried out from December 1, 2019 to December 1, 2020. This has caused the bank a loss of Rs 88.22 crore.
CEN police are investigating further.