The case was booked based on a complaint received from the State Bank of India on behalf of other member banks - IDBI, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India and Exim Bank
The families of the four accused are influential people in the village and the four-five Dalit families in the village want to stay out of 'trouble' and will not support us. There are over 63 upper caste families who do not even talk to us.
CBI said the company availed loans from Allahabad bank, which merged with Indian Bank, through fabricated audited financial statements and diverted the loan for other than business activities
Special teams from New Delhi with support from their colleagues in the regional offices in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh conducted the searches in Guntur and Hyderabad.
CBI FIR said the company and represented by its had availed cash credit limit of Rs 4.50 cr under the drop line OD scheme from the bank for installing 5MV solar plant in the property offered as collateral security of the loan
"Under the BJP, the CBI has become a 'paan patti ki dukaan' (paan shop) It goes anywhere, books anybody, particularly in non-BJP ruled states," said Shaikh, a senior Congress leader, while reacting to the Supreme Court verdict.