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CBI files FIR against Zee founder Subhash Chandra over ₹1,322 crore LICHFL fraud allegations

CBI's FIR names Subhash Chandra as accused No.1 in ₹1,322 crore alleged fraud with LIC Housing Finance.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a first information report (FIR) on 2026-08-31 naming Subhash Chandra as accused number 1 in an alleged ₹1,322 crore fraud involving LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL), with charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust. [1] At the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against Subhash Chandra, chairman of the Essel Group, his directed companies (2026-08-31) for allegedly causing a wrongful loss of over ₹1,322 crore to LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL). The case was based on misrepresentation of facts. [2] In a complaint to the CBI, LICHFL alleges that a loan facility of ₹500 crore was extended to Vasant Sagar Properties Pvt Ltd and Pan India Infra Projects Pvt Ltd (co-borrower) based on a net worth certificate submitted by Subhash Chandra in 2018 certifying his net worth as ₹59,113 crore as of 2017-03-31. [3] In the course of the insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Subhash Chandra has denied having the net worth stated in the certificates that he submitted to LICHFL to secure the loans, with the complaint citing that he had no more than ₹40,000 crore net worth in 2017-18. [4] LICHFL alleges that a second loan facility of ₹480 crore was granted to Digital Subscriber Management and Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd and Spirit Infrapower and Multiventures Pvt Ltd (co-borrower) under an rental securitisation scheme, based on a Charlotte balance certificate submitted by Chandra on 2018-07-06 stating his net worth of ₹40,562 crore as of that date. [5] On 2026-08-25, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cleared a repayment plan requiring Subhas Chandra to pay ₹6.25 crore to settle his individual personal guarantor liability; the total admitted claim against corporate debts at the time was ₹22,006.57 crore. [6] The FIR alleged that the ₹500 crore loan was sanctioned to Vasant Sagar Properties based on a Net Worth Certificate submitted by Subhas Chandra declaring his net worth to be ₹59,113.21 crore as of March 31, 2017, and a later certificate dated July 6, 2018 certified his net worth at ₹40,562 crore. [7]
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  1. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a first information report (FIR) on 2026-08-31 naming Subhash Chandra as accused number 1 in an alleged ₹1,322 crore fraud involving LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL), with charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust. · Hindustan Times
  2. At the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against Subhash Chandra, chairman of the Essel Group, his directed companies (2026-08-31) for allegedly causing a wrongful loss of over ₹1,322 crore to LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL). The case was based on misrepresentation of facts. · The HinduIndia
  3. In a complaint to the CBI, LICHFL alleges that a loan facility of ₹500 crore was extended to Vasant Sagar Properties Pvt Ltd and Pan India Infra Projects Pvt Ltd (co-borrower) based on a net worth certificate submitted by Subhash Chandra in 2018 certifying his net worth as ₹59,113 crore as of 2017-03-31. · Hindustan Times
  4. In the course of the insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Subhash Chandra has denied having the net worth stated in the certificates that he submitted to LICHFL to secure the loans, with the complaint citing that he had no more than ₹40,000 crore net worth in 2017-18. · Hindustan Times
  5. LICHFL alleges that a second loan facility of ₹480 crore was granted to Digital Subscriber Management and Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd and Spirit Infrapower and Multiventures Pvt Ltd (co-borrower) under an rental securitisation scheme, based on a Charlotte balance certificate submitted by Chandra on 2018-07-06 stating his net worth of ₹40,562 crore as of that date. · Hindustan Times
  6. On 2026-08-25, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cleared a repayment plan requiring Subhas Chandra to pay ₹6.25 crore to settle his individual personal guarantor liability; the total admitted claim against corporate debts at the time was ₹22,006.57 crore. · The HinduIndia
  7. The FIR alleged that the ₹500 crore loan was sanctioned to Vasant Sagar Properties based on a Net Worth Certificate submitted by Subhas Chandra declaring his net worth to be ₹59,113.21 crore as of March 31, 2017, and a later certificate dated July 6, 2018 certified his net worth at ₹40,562 crore. · The HinduIndia
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