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New India Co-operative Bank scam: Ex-bank official under scanner for siphoning off ‘nine-digit amount’

Hitesh Mehta, the prime accused in the New India Co-operative Bank scam, has admitted to transferring a nine-digit sum to the bank’s former senior executive. Following this revelation, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) searched the executive’s premises, but he remains untraceable and has reportedly been unreachable for the past few days. Read more.