Choksi threatened to trap me in fraud case: Ex-Gitanjali MD

Former Gitanjali Gems Managing Director Santosh Srivastava has said that the company's Chairman Mehul Choksi threatened to trap him in a fraud case in the year 2012-13. Santosh alleged that the company pressured him to fabricate fraudulent accounting book and "to not make much fuss". Notably, Choksi and jeweller Nirav Modi are accused of defrauding PNB of $1.77 billion.