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Gitanjali Gems, embroiled in the Rs 11,400 crore PNB loan scam, Monday said Independent Director Anil Umesh Haldipur has resigned from its board citing personal reasons. He is the second independent director to quit the company’s board after the alleged fraud surfaced this month. Already, two top level executives — compliance officer Pankhuri Warange and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Chandrakant Karkare — have resigned. In a regulatory filing, Gitanjali Gems submitted Haldipur’s resignation letter dated February 14, 2018.
In the letter, Haldipur said: “Last month, my wife has undergone a major spine operation at Pune. The post operation recovery is not up to the expected level. This has resulted in restrictions on my movement. Hence travelling for board meetings at Mumbai will be very difficult for me in future. “Taking this factor into consideration I would like to step down as an independent director with immediate effect from the board and other companies,” he said.
On February 14, Punjab National Bank (PNB) disclosed that it detected some fraudulent transactions with financial implication of about Rs 11,400 crore and the matter has been referred to law enforcement agencies for recovery. While billionaire jewellery designer Nirav Modi, the alleged perpetrator of this fraud, is not directly linked to any listed company, his relative and business associate Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali Gems is a listed firm.
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