State-owned lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) has declared Vijay Goverdhandas Kalantri, chairman and managing director of Dighi Port, as a “wilful defaulter” for not repaying his loans, suggested media report.
The leading industrialist Vijay Goverdhandas Kalantri and his son Vishal Kalantri, director of Dighi Port, owe nearly Rs 3,334 crore to a consortium of 16 Indian banks, including BoB, and Bank of India is the lead lender, the Economic Times reported.
The father-son duo had reportedly taken several loans from the bank to develop the port.
Balaji Infra, owned by Vijay Kalantri, holds 51.01 per cent stake in debt-laden Dighi Port, while Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) has 39.37 per cent in the port company.
The bank had repo…
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