Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh: Acting on a court order, the Kotwali Nagar police have registered a case against four officials of Punjab National Bank over allegations of fraud, forgery, and harassment under the SC/ST Act.
The complaint was filed by Devnath Pasi, a former bank employee and resident of ITI Colony in the Mill Area. He alleged that after he was dismissed from service in 2022, bank officials kept his existing Staff Home Loan account active and opened a new Public Home Loan account without his knowledge.
Staff Home Loan means a home loan sanctioned to an employee of Punjab National Bank. The bank offers home loans to its staff at a very low rate of interest, i.e., 5.5%. This is a major benefit for bank employees. The EMI of staff loan is less in comparison to the normal loan. Click here to calculate EMI of Staff Home Loan.
According to the complaint, the officials used forged documents to open the new loan account. Devnath also alleged that his gratuity amount was wrongly adjusted in that account.
He claimed that after his dismissal on September 17, 2022, his gratuity money was fraudulently transferred to the loan account. He further alleged that the loan account was operated using his old documents.
Devnath said he had earlier submitted complaints to the Circle Officer of Sadar and the Superintendent of Police, but no action was taken. After this, he approached the court for justice.
The complainant also accused the bank officials of caste-based harassment, financial harassment, and mental torture. He alleged that officials used casteist remarks against him, withheld his property documents, and stopped him from entering the bank premises.
Following the court’s direction, Kotwali Nagar police registered a case against Raktimava Dan, Alpana Trivedi, Gyanendra Verma, and Praveen Kumar under sections related to the SC/ST Act, fraud, and forgery. Police said the allegations are serious in nature and the investigation is ongoing.
After the investigation, the full details of the case will be released.
