How did Nirav Modi deposit cash hours before demonetisation? NCP leader Majeed Memon

NCP leader Majeed Memon on Sunday referring to a report said that hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation excercise Nirav Modi deposited huge cash amount in one PNB branch. He also question,''What does it suggest ?.'' Memon further said that this need to be investigated.

Speaking to ANI, Majeed Memon said,''When Nirav Modi left India, at that time it was reported that some hours prior to PM's announcement of 'Demonetisation', 90 crore rupees of cash was brought in one of the branches of PNB & were exchanged for billions or something. This needs to be investigated.''

Even Congress president Rahul Gandhi had said, "This [bank fraud] started on November 8, 2016 when Modiji turned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes into scrap. He took out all the money from people's pockets and put it in the banking system." He also alleged that a scam of this level could not have been done without high level protection.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee also expressed a similar concern. "This is just the tip of the iceberg. This big banking fraud was fuelled at the time of demonetisation. Big money laundering happened during DeMo. Key bank officials were changed. Who are these people put in? There are more banks involved. The full truth must come out," she tweeted on February 18.

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