On Sunday, the CBI had questioned 11 PNB bank officials as well as Vipul Ambani, the Chief Financing Officer of diamond merchant Nirav Modi's Firestar International company.
On Sunday, the CBI also conducted searches at PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai, which will continue today.
The investigative agencies have launched a probe into at least 200 shell firms and “benami" assets.
Claiming that the over Rs 11,000 crore PNB scam involving billionaire jewellery designer Nirav Modi was only a fraction of a mamoth fraud on the Indian banks, Banerjee asserted that it took place during demonetisation.
Referring to 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' event, recently addressed by the prime minister, Gandhi said, "PM Modi tells kids how to pass exams for 2 hours, but won't speak for 2 minutes on the 22,000 Cr banking scam"
The department issued orders for provisional attachment of these accounts in various bank branches in Mumbai under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. There are around Rs 80 lakh in these accounts, official sources said.
PNB has detected a USD 1.77 billion scam where Nirav Modi allegedly acquired fraudulent LoUs from the Brady House branch of the bank in south Mumbai to secure overseas credit from other lenders.
The scam has "consequences for the economy of the nation", said special CBI judge S R Tamboli, remanding them in the central agency's custody till March 3.
ED had earlier said it had arrived at the value of the assets seized based on the stock value at showrooms and stores, which was also the price at which the company purchased the goods.
Singhvi said he reserved the right to take appropriate legal action against Sitharaman and a section of the media "which carry such false and maliciously defamatory allegations".
Rahul Gandhi said that the scam began with the decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes from the economy on November 8, 2016.
Referring to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud which came to light this week, the Sena said it is "clear that Nirav Modi and his family had fled" the country early last month.
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