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New India Cooperative Bank: New India Cooperative Bank, caught in the Rs 122 crore scam, gave Bollywood actress Preity Zinta special discounts for the debt settlement. Mumbai Police investigating the caseRead more
The loan of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta became NPA.
Highlights
- Preity Zinta was given a discount of 1.55 crores by the bank.
- New India Cooperative Bank implicated in the 122 crore scam.
- Mumbai Police arrested 8 accused so far.
New Delhi. The New India Cooperative Bank, surrounded by the scope of investigation, gave special exemption to Bollywood actress Preity Zinta to repay the loan. The police is investigating the scam of about Rs 122 crore in this bank. Police said that the bank had given a discount of Rs 1.55 crore to Bollywood actress Preeti Zinta to repay her sanctioned Rs 18 crore loan, which the bank had classified as a non-performing asset (NPA).
An official said that this loan was approved in the year 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 so far arrested eight accused in the case, including former general manager of the bank and head of accounts Hitesh Mehta, who was arrested on 15 February. The agency has investigated the bank’s loan data since 2010.
The actress mortgaged home
The police officer says that 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. For this, he had pledged his assets to the bank, which included a flat and a property of Shimla in Mumbai. Its total price was Rs 27.41 crore. In November 2012, he had to pay Rs 11.40 crore to the bank.
NPA was an account
He said that on March 31, 2013, his debt account was classified into the ‘A’ category due to non -payment of debt on 31 March 2013. At that time the amount of ‘A’ account was Rs 11.47 crore. After this, the bank had offered a discount of Rs 1.55 crore on the final settlement of the loan i.e. the settlement. The remaining debt amount was repaid by the actress on April 5, 2014.
The main accused will have brain mapping
Hitesh Mehta, the main accused in the case on Friday, will conduct a brain mapping test in the Forensic Science Lab (FSL), the main accused in the case, to collect more information about money transactions and involvement of other accused. The official said that the police had earlier conducted a polygraph test of Mehta and now the brain mapping test is being done.