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Yes Bank Case: Enforcement Directorate Arrests Two Cox & Kings Group Executives

The agency said ex-CFO and ex-internal auditor were arrested under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Customers stand in line outside a Yes Bank Ltd. branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Customers stand in line outside a Yes Bank Ltd. branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested the former CFO and the former internal auditor of the Cox & Kings Group in connection with its money laundering probe in the Yes Bank alleged loan default case.

The agency said ex-chief financial officer Anil Khandelwal and ex-internal auditor Naresh Jain were arrested under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act .

Both the accused were produced before a local court that sent them to 7 days' ED custody, it said in a statement.

The central probe agency said its investigation found that Yes Bank had a total outstanding amount of Rs 3,642 crore in respect of Cox & Kings Group of Companies.

Yes Bank co-promoter Rana Kapoor and and DHFL promotersKapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan have been arrested in this case by the ED early this year and they are in judicial custody at present.