Actor Nupur Alankar says she sold jewellery, borrowed ₹500 after PMC Bank collapse

Actor Nupur Alankar, who has appeared in shows such as Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo and Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann, has said that the collapse of the PMC Bank has ruined her financially.

Actor Nupur Alankar has said that she was forced to sell off her jewellery after the collapse of the Punjab & Maharashtra Co-Operative (PMC) Bank. The crisis began in September.

An Instagram photo posted by actor Nupur Alankar.

Nupur, who has worked in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo and Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann, on Wednesday told The Times of India that she had transferred her savings to the PMC account, and now has to resort to borrowing amounts as low as ₹500. She said, “With no money at home and all our accounts frozen, I was left with no option, but to sell off my jewellery. In fact, I had to borrow ₹3000 from a fellow actor. Another one transferred ₹500 for my commute. So far, I have borrowed ₹50,000 from friends. There is no clarity when the problem will be resolved and we are scared that we will lose our money.”

The actor asked, “How am I expected to survive without money? Should I mortgage my house now? Why is there a cap on my own hard-earned money? I have been diligently paying income tax, so why am I suffering today?”

She said that because of her association with PMC, she is finding it impossible to secure loans. “The moment I say that my accounts were in PMC Bank, even the telecallers hang up,” she said.

On September 24, the RBI put restrictions on PMC Bank and barred the bank from making fresh loans or taking deposits. In October, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) registered a first information report (FIR) in the case of financial irregularities of over ₹4,355 crore at the bank on a complaint by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).