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Enforcement Directorate Arrests Chanda Kochhar’s Husband Deepak In Money Laundering Case
Officials said Deepak Kochhar was arrested by the agency in Mumbai under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
08 Sep 2020, 08:50 AM IST 
File photo: Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, left, and her husband Deepak Kochhar, right. (Source: Prasar Bharti)
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank Chief Executive Chanda Kochhar, in connection with a money laundering case, officials said on Monday.
The officials said Deepak Kochhar was arrested by the agency in Mumbai under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The couple has been questioned by the central probe agency in a case of alleged irregularities and money laundering in giving bank loans to the Videocon group.
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