Citibank scam: Puri’s father sent to police custody

Raghuraj Puri, the father of Shivraj Puri who is the prime accused in the Rs.400-crore Citibank scam, was Tuesday sent to two days’ police custody by a local court, police said. He was arrested a day earlier. “He was absconding since the scam came to light. About a month back when his anticipatory bail got  [ Read More ]

Citi banker accused of Rs.300 crore fraud gets six-day police remand

Citibank manager Shivraj Puri, accused of masterminding a Rs.300 crore fraud, was handed a six-day police remand Thursday. ‘Puri was produced in court and he has been remanded to six-day police custody,’ Puri’s lawyer Sartaj Baswana said. An official said police took Puri’s custody to trace an iPad that contains important information. Also, experts with  [ Read More ]