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Early on Monday the 26th of December 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Mr Venugopal Dhoot the founder of Videocon Group in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case.

The 71-year-old Dhoot was arrested from Mumbai after a brief questioning session on Monday morning itself, hours before former CEO and MD of the ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were to be produced before a Special Court for remand hearing.

The CBI is planning to file a charge sheet against the three and other suspects soon, they said.

The CBI had taken into custody Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak alleging that they were not cooperating with the investigation, and giving evasive replies. 

Chanda Kochhar has denied knowledge of any pecuniary transactions between her husband and Dhoot, the agency had claimed during remand proceedings at a CBI Special Court in Mumbai on December 24.