The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) probing the alleged Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank fraud of Rs 4,355 crore recently arrested another auditor. The accused has been identified as Ankita Kirdat, 35, an internal auditor of the bank. So far, seven others have been arrested in the case by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

According to EOW, it was her responsibility to timely examine financial transactions of the bank. The investigation has revealed that she, too, ignored the alleged fraud in the bank. An officer said it is necessary to interrogate her in police custody as to understand what benefit she got for overlooking illegal financial transactions within the bank like other auditors. She was also responsible for monthly audit of all transactions, but she did not point out the ongoing financial irregularities in the bank."