This story is from January 11, 2009

Robbery plot to fracture bank's merger?

Was the theft of pawned jewellery deposits from the Anyonya Co-operative Bank intended to fracture the bank's proposed merger with Maharashtra-based Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd?
Robbery plot to fracture bank's merger?
VADODARA: Was the theft of pawned jewellery deposits from the Anyonya Co-operative Bank intended to fracture the bank's proposed merger with Maharashtra-based Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd?
This is a question that is doing the rounds among account holders and several officials of the Anyonya Co-operative Bank.
According to sources in the bank, there are two factions at loggerheads.
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"One that wants the bank's merger with SCBL has accused the other of plotting the theft to put a spanner in the merger process," said a source.
"It is alleged that many higher officials in the bank are against the proposed merger, as they fear inquiry into their past transactions, threatening to open a can of worms," the source said.
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