Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, returning to the big screen with the Aamir Khan-produced film Lahore 1947, called out Kerala Congress for spreading misinformation about her involvement in a scam. For those unversed, New India Cooperative Bank has courted controversy for fraud allegedly occurring between 2020 and 2025. It was detected when discrepancies appeared in the bank's financial records. An internal audit flagged concerns over missing funds, prompting a police investigation.

Preity Zinta calls out fake news 

Kerala Congress shared an article on X that said Preity Zinta had been waived off a loan of Rs 18 crore from the bank and wrote in the caption, “She gave her social media accounts to BJP and got 18 Cr written off and the bank collapsed last week. Depositors are on the streets for their money.”