Overview
- A Special PMLA Court in Gurugram granted the Enforcement Directorate eight days of custody of Arvind Kumar following his February 3 arrest.
- The ED says company payments were routed to intermediaries linked to Kumar, with more than ₹80 lakh in cash deposits and over ₹1 crore in credits landing in his personal accounts.
- Investigators allege he manipulated the Committee of Creditors by admitting sham and inflated claims tied to ex-promoters, marginalizing public sector bank lenders.
- After NCLT-ordered liquidation in June 2025, banks recovered about ₹40 crore against approximately ₹708 crore in admitted claims, reflecting a roughly 94% haircut.
- The probe stems from a CBI FIR on an alleged ₹236 crore bank fraud, the ED earlier arrested former promoter Sandeep Gupta, and the IBBI has suspended Kumar’s registration for two years as inquiries continue.