India, Dec. 1 -- Forget about the bulls and bears. Do not think about the herds. Focus on the mules. India's mule economy is on a glaring rise, and this is giving chronic headaches to the regulators, and official investigators. This story is about the mule accounts in the banking sector, which are increasingly being used to launder money, make illicit pay-offs, and fund illegal activities. Recently, there were media reports that disclosed that the banks shut down 8,50,000 such accounts across the country. An official AI-driven software trawls data, and detects 20,000 such accounts every month. Bankers and criminals seem to be in league to spread this trend. Most consumers, whose accounts are used, and misused, seem unaware of it. Recently...