India, June 18 -- A special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court refused to discharge Abhay Lodha, the director of Topworth Steels and Power Pvt Ltd, from a cheating and criminal conspiracy case for allegedly causing losses worth Rs.74 crore to UCO Bank.

The FIR was registered against M/s Akshata Mercantile Private Ltd (AMPL) and unknown UCO Bank officials after the company submitted four bills worth Rs.74 crore under Letter of Credit (LC), which were diverted to Topworth Steels.

The case was registered based on a complaint by the general manager and zonal head of the public sector bank, alleging that the office bearers of AMPL and certain bank officials cheated the bank to the tune of Rs.74.82 crore.

As per the CBI, UCO bank ha...