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HC asks CBI director to set up SIT to conduct alleged fraudulent activities of Jai Corp Ltd

HC asks CBI director to set up SIT to conduct alleged fraudulent activities of Jai Corp Ltd

Mumbai, Feb 5 (UNI) The Bombay High Court asked the zonal director of CBI to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a thorough probe into complaints of alleged fraudulent activities to the tune of Rs 3000 crore by Anand Jaikumar Jain, the director and promoter of Jai Corporation Ltd (Jai Corp Ltd) a company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, having the main business of plastic processing, was incorporated in 1985, a lawyer said here on Wednesday.
The division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj K Chavan gave direction during the hearing of a plea moved by 61-year-old businessman Shoaib Richie Sequeira, who in December 2021 and April, 2023 complained about Jain to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police.
Seeking preliminary probe, Sequeira’s complaints alleged fraud by Jain through various means, including misappropriation of public monies for personal enrichment, defrauding of investors, round tripping of funds through shell companies based in tax havens, making unsecured advances to subsidiaries to launder public money and creation of dubious and fictitious invoices among others.

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