New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a court-monitored probe into alleged banking frauds involving asset reconstruction companies, public sector banks and a Noida-based infrastructure firm.

The PIL has sought a direction to the Centre “to constitute a judicial commission or an expert committee including officers of the RBI, SEBI, Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), ED and the CBI to investigate the corporate and banking fraud facilitated by the asset reconstruction companies (ARCs)”.

The plea, filed through lawyers Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and Ashwani Kumar Dubey, as an alternate prayer, has sought a “direction to the ED, SFIO and CBI to investigate suspicious transactions identified in an Ernst & Young forensic audit report” into the affairs of the infrastructure firm and the ARC.

According to the PIL, the infrastructure firm obtained loans worth approximately Rs 912 crore from a consortium of seven banks led by the State Bank of India between 2012 and 2015.

It alleged that a forensic audit conducted in 2018 found evidence suggesting that more than Rs 902 crore had been diverted through shell companies, non-existent vendors, undisclosed bank accounts and suspected fraudulent transactions.

The plea, filed by Muzaffarnagar-based Prateeksha and two others, sought a probe into the alleged largest banking fraud facilitated by the ARCs. PTI SJK ARI

Banking fraud investigation plea seeks court-monitored probe into alleged diversion of funds and suspicious transactions. A public interest litigation filed in the Supreme Court alleges banking fraud involving asset reconstruction companies, public sector banks and a Noida-based infrastructure firm, and seeks a court-monitored investigation into the transactions identified in a forensic audit report. The plea asks for a judicial commission or expert committee comprising officers of the RBI, SEBI, SFIO, ED and CBI to examine the alleged corporate and banking fraud facilitated by the asset reconstruction companies. As an alternative, it seeks directions to the ED, SFIO and CBI to investigate suspicious transactions mentioned in an Ernst & Young forensic audit report.