<p class="title">Amid allegations that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis helped Axis Bank, where his wife holds a senior position, an official on Wednesday said that salary accounts of Mumbai Police have been with the bank since 2005.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amrita Fadnavis, the chief minister's wife, holds a senior corporate position at Axis Bank, a private lender.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Nagpur-based RTI activist recently filed a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate, seeking a probe against the chief minister alleging that he misused his position to get more business for the bank.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier public sector lender State Bank of India handled police personnel's salary accounts, and shifting them to a private bank caused a loss to the exchequer, he claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, a senior official of Mumbai Police said that Axis Bank was handling these accounts since 2005, much before Fadnavis became chief minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bank also has the salary accounts of employees of Kendriya Vidyalaya, the Urban Development Department of the state government and the Charity Commissioner's office for long, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state government decided to disburse the salaries through nationalised and private banks in 2005, and UTI Bank was among the 16 banks selected for this purpose, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2007, UTI Bank changed its name to Axis Bank. </p>
<p class="title">Amid allegations that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis helped Axis Bank, where his wife holds a senior position, an official on Wednesday said that salary accounts of Mumbai Police have been with the bank since 2005.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amrita Fadnavis, the chief minister's wife, holds a senior corporate position at Axis Bank, a private lender.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Nagpur-based RTI activist recently filed a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate, seeking a probe against the chief minister alleging that he misused his position to get more business for the bank.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier public sector lender State Bank of India handled police personnel's salary accounts, and shifting them to a private bank caused a loss to the exchequer, he claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, a senior official of Mumbai Police said that Axis Bank was handling these accounts since 2005, much before Fadnavis became chief minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bank also has the salary accounts of employees of Kendriya Vidyalaya, the Urban Development Department of the state government and the Charity Commissioner's office for long, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state government decided to disburse the salaries through nationalised and private banks in 2005, and UTI Bank was among the 16 banks selected for this purpose, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2007, UTI Bank changed its name to Axis Bank. </p>