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Maha: Court rejects bank fraud accused's plea seeking permission to travel 23 countries

Mumbai, June 11 (UNI) A special court trying the offences under financial crime rejected the travel plea of Pareen Sanghvi, the director of Sanghvi Bullion Private Limited and OPUS refinery, engaged in the business of gold refineries, who is booked by the CBI in a case of cheating a public bank, seeking permission to travel to at least 23 countries from June to December for business purposes, a lawyer said here on Wednesday.
Sanghvi is facing charges by the CBI in a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy on a complaint by the Union Bank of India in 2019, alleging diversion of funds and defaulting on payments.
While rejecting the plea, the court in its order stated that an accused cannot be given a blanket order to travel around the world as per his wish without a break.
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