Action in New india Co-operative bank scam, EOW arrested Hitesh…
In the investigation of New india Co-operative bank scam, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a person named hitesh Mehta. hitesh Mehta is the general manager of the bank. Recently, RBI has imposed many types of restrictions in the bank due to huge irregularities. Since then the customers of the bank are very upset.
The general manager is accused of embezzling Rs 122 crore. The Economic Offences Wing had sent a summons to the general manager of the bank, hitesh Mehta. He was asked for the details of the books of account. Its forensic auditing will be done. The account holders are facing problems due to the ban on the bank. However, efforts are being made to revive the bank so that its 1.3 lakh account holders can get relief.
Crores withdrawn within 5 years
This fraud has been done between 2020 and 2025. The Economic Offences Wing had received a complaint from an official of the bank itself. They have noticed that the books of account and cash tally are not being done. There seems to be a fraud of 122 crores. They found that there has been an illegal withdrawal. hitesh has been accused of the withdrawal.
Fraud was done in the branches of these two areas
Accused hitesh was earlier responsible for Dadar and Goregaon branches. When he was posted there, the money was misappropriated. Embezzlement was done from both the accounts. Therefore, hitesh was called for questioning. On the other hand, an FIR was registered in Dadar police station on the complaint of the chief accountant. The FIR has been registered under section 316 (5) and 61 (2) of the BNC.
RBI's decision increased the trouble of customers
On february 13, RBI had banned the business of the bank. Under this, the bank can neither give any loan to the customers nor take deposits. This decision increased the trouble of the depositors. Because they cannot withdraw their money.
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