** Shares of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services
MMFS.NS slump as much as 8.02% to 256.5 rupees in early trade
** Fall after co deferred Q4 financials board meeting as
fraud was detected at one of its branches in northeast India
** Financial impact of the same expected to not exceed 1.50
bln rupees ($18 mln); investigations underway - MMFS
** Stock on track to log steepest intraday decline since
Oct. 2023
** Including session's losses, stock down ~4% YTD
($1 = 83.3420 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru)
((Manvi.Pant@thomsonreuters.com; +918447554364;))