PNB fraud- Brady House branch manager and two others arrested by CBI

New Delhi, Feb 20: The CBI on Monday arrested Punjab National Bank's Brady House branch (Mumbai) Chief Manager Bechu B. Tewari and two of his colleagues in a multi-crore bank fraud case against diamond merchants Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, an official said.

Tewari was arrested along with Yashwant Joshi, Scale II Manager (Forex department) and and Praful Sawant, Scale I officer (Export), after their day long questioning by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths in Mumbai.

The CBI also conducted searches at their residences located at Navi Mumbai, Andheri, and Dombivili.

The official said that the arrested PNB employees would be presented before the CBI special court in Mumbai on Tuesday.