New Delhi:
The Gurgaon police has summoned for interrogation the parents of Shivraj Puri, who was suspended as a Citibank manager after he was accused of lying to clients and stealing close to 300 crores from them.
The police also questioned officials from the brokerage firms Religare and Bonanza, used by Puri to open trading accounts.
Puri who worked at the Gurgaon branch of Citibank was arrested last week. He allegedly pitched fictitious high-return schemes to corporate clients and High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs). The money they gave him was then diverted into accounts in the names of his family and friends. Puri allegedly diverted this money to the markets.
On Monday, Sanjay Gupta, the Assistant Vice President of the Hero Group was arrested in connection with the same scam. Hero was among 18-20 corporate clients who were allegedly linked to the Puri swindle. Last week, the Hero Group had said that it was a victim of the fraud and that close to 30 crores of the group was exposed.
Also being interrogated today - a resident of Gurgaon named Suresh Talwar, who invested with Puri.