<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI today questioned the owner of Rotomac pens, Vikram Kothari, and his son Rahul at the agency's headquarters in New Delhi in connection with an alleged loan default of nearly 3700 crore rupees to a consortium of seven nationalised banks.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Mr Kothari was earlier questioned in Kanpur, where his company and residence were located.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Kothari, his wife Sadhana and son Rahul, all directors of Rotomac Global Pvt Ltd, had allegedly diverted the loan amount towards purposes other than what they were meant for.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">One of the banks in the consortium, the Bank of Baroda, had approached the CBI, requesting an FIR to be lodged against Kothari as it apparently feared that he might leave the country. The CBI had registered a case on February 18, following the complaint.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Yesterday, the Enforcement Directorate had notified all the land, sea and airports in the country to prevent the exit of Kothari and his family members from India, in connection with its money laundering probe.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It had also conducted searches at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh, including in Unnao and Kanpur, to gather evidence in the case. The ED had slapped criminal charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the company and its promoters on February 18, based on a CBI FIR filed on the same day.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The Income Tax department had also attached 14 bank accounts of the pen manufacturer as part of its tax evasion probe against it yesterday.</span></div>