PNB fraud: Choksi’s aid to be in ED custody till Nov 12

MUMBAI: A special court on Thursday sent Deepak Kulkarni, an associate of fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till November 12. Kulkarni was brought to the city after he was arrested at Kolkata airport on Monday in connection with the money-laundering probe into the ₹14,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. He was a director of Choksi’s firms in Hong Kong, where the money was allegedly diverted. According to the ED, Kulkarni is one of the directors in M/s Shangyong Gong Si Ltd, Hong Kong controlled and managed by Gitanjali Group of Companies of Choksi.