At this time, it is a victim of a scam of about Rs 122 crore. The police on Thursday informed that the bank had given a discount of Rs 1.55 crore to Bollywood actress Preity Zinta to repay her sanctioned Rs 18 crore loan, which the bank had classified as a non-performance asset.
An official said the loan was approved in 2011 and the actress paid it in April 2014. The Economic Offenses Branch of Mumbai Police (EOW) is investigating the New India Co-operative Bank scam. It has arrested 8 accused in the case so far. It also includes former general manager of the bank and head of the accounts Hitesh Mehta, who was arrested on 15 February.
The agency has investigated the bank's loan data since 2010. He said, during the investigation, it was found that actress Preity Zinta had taken a loan from the bank. He was sanctioned a loan of Rs 18 crore on January 7, 2011. The official said, "He had pledged his assets to the bank, which included a flat in Mumbai and a property in Shimla, which was a total price of Rs 27.41 crore." In November 2012, he had to pay Rs 11.40 crore to the bank.
He said that on March 31, 2013, his debt account was classified into A category due to non -payment of debt on time. At that time the amount was Rs 11.47 crore. The official said, after this, the bank offered a discount of Rs 1.55 crore at the final disposal of the loan. The rest of the loan amount was repaid by the actress on 5 April 2014.
Meanwhile, EOW will conduct a brain mapping test of Hitesh Mehta, the main accused in the case on Friday at Forensic Science Lab (FSL) in Kalina, Mumbai to collect more information about money transactions and involvement of other accused. The officer said that the police had first conducted Mehta's polygraph test.
In the month of February in the month of February in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, the New India Co-operative Bank has been banned by the RBI. Actually, the protector of the bank had become the eater. Due to this, Mumbai's Economic Offenses Branch is investigating the New India Bank scam. The RBI had imposed a ban on the bank because scams and embezzlement of Rs 122 crore were revealed. Due to this, RBI has imposed a 6 -month ban.
