MCA will probe management and auditors of 12 listed companies,including Raj Television Network and Surya Lakshmi Cotton Mills,for allegedly providing false information about the shareholding pattern.
8220;Ministry of Corporate Affairs MCA believes the 12 companies under scanner furnished false info regarding their share breakup to Regional Directors RDs,8221; an official said.
The ministry is likely to soon ask the Regional Directors concerned to probe role of auditors of the companies and also of their top management.
8220;If found guilty,top officials of the companies could face jail term of up to two years and the auditors could lose their licence,8221; the official said.
Examination of these companies,he said,showed 8220;abnormal8221; number of shareholders.
Two companies had only one shareholder each,while another firm showed it has 29.20 crore shareholders,he said.
The companies,which are under scanner are Deevee Commercials,Greenearth Resources amp; Projects and Karuna Impex Enterprises all Kolkata based.
Naturite Agro Products Hyderabad,Raj Television Network Chennai,Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Secunderabad and Turbotech Engineering Mumbai.
Welterman International Vadodara,Karmath Leasing amp; Holdings,Parv Holdings,Eastern Fibre Industries and Mahan Eximp.