NDTV shares shed 7%; hit one-year low on CBI searches
The agency has registered a case against Roy, wife Radhika and RRPR Holdings for allegedly causing losses of Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank, CBI sources said.
New Delhi: Shares of NDTV today slumped nearly 7 per cent after the CBI searched the residence of its founder Prannoy Roy here and three other locations for allegedly causing losses to a private bank.The stock tanked 6.74 percent to Rs 58.10 -- its 52-week low -- on BSE.[caption id="attachment_3518181" align="alignleft" width="380"]
Prannoy Roy. Courtesy: Twitter[/caption]At NSE, shares of the company dived 6.88 percent to hit a one-year low of Rs 58.15.The agency has registered a case against Roy, wife Radhika and RRPR Holdings for allegedly causing losses of Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank, CBI sources said.NDTV has termed the exercise a "witch-hunt" based on false accusations."This morning, the CBI stepped up the concerted harassment of NDTV and its promoters based on the same old endless false accusations," NDTV said in a statement.It said NDTV and its promoters would fight tirelessly against this witch-hunt by multiple agencies.
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