MUMBAI: India’s state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) said it had reported a borrowing fraud of 38.05 billion Indian rupees (US$556mil) in Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd’s account to the country’s central bank.
The fraud, “alleging diversion of funds from the banking system” was being reported to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the basis of the findings of forensic audit and the federal police filing a first information report, the PNB said in a statement to stock exchanges.
