DHFL rip-off: CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in ₹34,000-cr financial institution fraud case

The CBI has arrested former DHFL director Dheeraj Wadhawan in reference to a Rs 34,000-crore financial institution fraud case, officers mentioned on Tuesday.

Wadhawan was taken into custody from Mumbai on Monday night, they mentioned and added that he was produced earlier than a particular court docket in Delhi on Tuesday that despatched him to judicial custody.

He was already charge-sheeted by the CBI in reference to the case in 2022, they mentioned.

Wadhawan was earlier arrested by the company in reference to the Sure Financial institution corruption case and was on bail, they mentioned.

The CBI had registered the DHFL case associated to the alleged defrauding of a consortium of 17 banks to the tune of ₹34,000 crore, making it the most important banking mortgage fraud within the nation, they mentioned.