Thursday 22 January 2015

N. K. Proteins - Largest NSEL Defaulter


        In 1992, established as ‘Maruti Proteins Ltd.’, today the company stands as ‘N.K. Proteins Ltd.’ in the business market and the brand is called as ‘Tirupati’ across India. N.K.Proteins Ltd. started its journey by Edible Oil Industry with Nilesh Patel, being the Managing Director is closely involved in the material aquirement process as one of the core areas for a company dealing in the Edible Oil Industry.

        Gujarat based N. K. Proteins is declared as the largest NSEL Defaulter owing Rs. 969 Cr. to NSEL investors. Due to which Nilesh Patel, the company’s promoter, was arrested by the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police for being the largest NSEL Defaulter in the Rs. 5,600 Cr. NSEL crisis. Later, Nilesh Patel was released on bail. As EOW’s investigation moved forward, they established that the owners of the Tirupati brand of cooking oil, N.K. Proteins, diverted the funds that were raised on NSEL in a branch of Tirupati in Ahmedabad, which is promoted by Darshan Baldevbhai Patel of N.K. Corporation, who is also cousin of Nimish Patel, strongly opposed by the EOW.

        According to an ED order, the agency has seized movable and immovable properties of NK Proteins in Mumbai, Noida, Ahmedabad and Palanpur in Gujarat under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 18.1 crore of N. K. Proteins in connection with its money laundering probe in the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) crisis case. ED Mumbai has also attached commercial property under PMLA in Ahmedabad worth Rs 14.22 crore of N K Protein in NSEL crisis along with some offices, valued at Rs 14.22 crore in a commercial complex in Ahmedabad.

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