Preity Zinta Received Rs 1.5 Cr Loan Remission From New India Cooperative Bank Linked To Scam, Reveals EOW

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta received a remission of Rs 1.55 crore from the New India Co-operative Bank, which was involved in a Rs 122 crore scam, to settle her approved loan of Rs 18 crore, which the bank had designated as a non-performing asset (NPA), according to police on Thursday.

8 Accused Arrested In The Bank Scam Case

According to an official, the actor paid back the loan in April 2014 after it was approved in 2011. The New India Co-operative Bank embezzlement case is being investigated by the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW). In the case, so far eight accused have been arrested, including the bank’s former general manager and head of accounts Hitesh Mehta, who was held on February 15. The agency has examined the data of the bank’s NPA loans from 2010 onwards.

“During the investigation, it was found that actor Preity Zinta had taken a loan from the bank. She was sanctioned a loan of Rs 18 crore on January 7, 2011. She had mortgaged her properties to the bank, which included a flat in Mumbai and a property in Shimla, collectively worth Rs 27.41 crore. In November 2012, she had to repay Rs 11.40 crore to the bank,” the official said.

On March 31, 2013, her loan account was classified as NPA due to non-repayment of it in time, and the NPA amount was Rs 11.47 crore, he said. “The bank then offered a settlement of the loan by giving a remission of Rs 1.55 crore on the final settlement of the loan to her. The remaining loan amount was paid by the actor on April 5, 2014,” the official said.

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Hitesh Mehta, the main accused in the case, will undergo a brain mapping test on Friday at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Kalina, Mumbai, as part of the EOW’s efforts to gather additional information regarding the money trail and the involvement of other accused individuals.

Mehta has previously been subjected to a polygraph test by the police, the official stated. Hiren Bhanu, the former bank chairman, and his wife, Gauri Bhanu, are wanted in connection with the case.

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