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CBI continued its raids at 50 branches and locations of Bank of Baroda in the national capital Delhi in connection with alleged illegal remittances of over 6,000 crore rupees sent to Hong Kong through the Bank.
CBI is interrogating prime suspects in the case. Most addresses given by firms have been found to be false.
Yesterday, CBI had conducted searches at a Bank of Baroda branch. Over 6 thousand crore rupees of black money was allegedly sent out of the country from the bank in July last year.
An amount of 6172 crore rupees was deposited by fictitious companies in the bank to be transferred to Hong Kong. The matter came to fore following an internal inquiry audit report of the bank on 9th of last month.
CBI sources say that the key figures who opened these accounts and transferred the money are yet to be identified.
The agency is already questioning some suspects who opened these accounts in collusion with senior officials of the bank.
The internal audit of BoB revealed that 59 companies opened current accounts in the branch last year and money was sent regularly till August this year.