PMLA Court, Jaipur has remanded Himanshu Verma to the ED custody for 10 days

  ED arrested Himanshu Verma resident of Chandigarh in Syndicate Bank Fraud case of Rs. 1257 Crore on 15.10.2022. The Hon’ble Spl. Judge of ...

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ED arrested Himanshu Verma resident of Chandigarh in Syndicate Bank Fraud case of Rs. 1257 Crore on 15.10.2022. The Hon’ble Spl. Judge of Hon’ble PMLA Court, Jaipur has remanded Himanshu Verma to the ED custody for 10 days till 25.10.2022.

New Delhi, Chhattisgarh.

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Directorate of Enforcement, Jaipur Zonal Office, initiated investigation under 

PMLA, 2002 based on the FIRs registered and charge sheet filed by CBI, BS & FC, 

New Delhi against the officials of erstwhile Syndicate Bank (now Canara Bank) and 

others. During investigation it is revealed that during year 2011 to 2016, main fraudster 

Bharat Bomb, Udaipur (Rajasthan) based Chartered Accountant, in collusion with the 

bank officials defrauded erstwhile Syndicate Bank to the tune of Rs. 1257 Crore by way 

of fraudulent loans, fake cheque discounting, etc.

During investigation conducted by the Directorate of Enforcement, it is revealed 

that Himanshu Verma alias Himansh Verma resident of Chandigarh was a key 

associate of Bharat Bomb and he received approximately Rs. 85 Crore proceeds of 

crime generated out of the fraud. The Directorate has attached various properties worth 

Rs 14.88 Crore of Himanshu Verma and his family members. He received proceeds of 

crime in various bank accounts operated/controlled by him through complex maze of 

transactions for placement, layering and integration of the tainted funds. 

Himanshu Verma is a hard core criminal, multiple criminal FIRs are registered 

against him and his family members in various Police Station of Punjab and 

Chandigarh. He is wanted by Punjab Police, CBI and ED. He changed his name to 

Himansh Verma and fraudulently seeking police verification report got issued a new 

passport in name of Himansh Verma and travelling abroad via Nepal. The new passport 

was cancelled by the passport authorities after knowing about his criminal history. ED 

issued multiple summonses to Himanshu Verma to join the investigation but he always 

remained non cooperative in investigation and never appeared except once. Finally, the 

ED arrested Himanshu Verma on 15.10.2022. After the arrest, ED produced Himanshu 

Verma before the Hon’ble Spl. Judge of Hon’ble PMLA Court, Jaipur, and the Ld. Judge 

has remanded Himanshu Verma to the ED custody for 10 days till 25.10.2022.

Further investigation is under progress