The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) into the alleged nexus between ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group chairman Venugopal Dhoot.

Sources said the PE will seek to ascertain the veracity of allegations that Dhoot provided crores of rupees to a firm promoted by Deepak Kochhar and two relatives six months after Videocon group got Rs 3,250 crore as loan from ICICI Bank in 2012.

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The amount was part of the Rs 40,000-crore loan that Videocon group secured from a consortium of 20 banks led by SBI.