Mumbai, Aug 8 (TIWN) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) took up 94 new cases for investigation of alleged violation of securities market regulations in the last financial year.

Sebi took up 70 cases for investigation related to insider trading in fiscal 2019 — an over fourfold increase from the number reported the previous year. In the past couple of years, several who’s who of India Inc have settled allegations of insider trading with Sebi.