ED arrests ex-UCO Bank Chairman Subodh Kumar Goel in connection with fraud case, gets custody till May 21
The Enforcement Directorate (
ED
) arrested
UCO Bank
's former Chairman and Managing Director,
Subodh Kumar Goel
, in connection with an ongoing bank fraud case
investigation
.
ED's Kolkata Zonal office arrested Subodh on May 16 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (
PMLA
), 2002, from his residence.
He was produced before a special PMLA court in Kolkata on May 17, and the court has granted the ED custody of Subodh till May 21.
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