CBI names BSE chief in IDBI fraud case

The CBI on Friday searched the residences of six former and current officials of IDBI Bank in connection with an alleged Rs 600 crore loan fraud case in which Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) chairman S Ravi and the heads of two public sector banks have also been booked, officials said here.

The officials whose residences were searched on Friday included Amita Narayan, the then CGM of the credit committee of the bank; RK Bansal, then member of the credit committee; SK Srinivasan, the then executive director; RS Vidyasagar, regional head ICG of IDBI; Bharat Pal Singh, then deputy managing director, and Medha Joshi, the head of the Risk unit.

In an FIR registered based on a complaint from the Central Vigilance Commission, the CBI has named 15 IDBI Bank officials who worked at senior levels between 2010 and 2014 when loans were sanctioned to the companies controlled by former Aircel promoter C Sivasankaran, they said. Also named in the FIR is S Ravi, the chairman of BSE, who is also an independent director on the board of IDBI bank.

The sources said his residence was also searched during the agency's operation that started on Wednesday night. "He is also the chairman of IDBI Bank's Audit Committee," according to his bio data on the website of the BSE. The officials said the agency would soon question all the accused named in the FIR including Ravi, Rego, Kharat, and Raghavan.