In Sultanpur, Lucknow, the Anti-Corruption Team has arrested an employee of Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank (Belware Branch) located in Dostpur police station area of Sultanpur at around 5:00 pm on Tuesday evening.
The team arrested bank manager Praveen Kumar red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 for approving a Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan. The Dostpur police force was also present during the operation, and a large crowd of villagers gathered outside the bank.
The victim, Gaurav Singh, a resident of Bharthua in the Dostpur police station area, had applied for a KCC loan of ₹1 lakh at the Belware branch of the Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank. It is alleged that bank manager Praveen Kumar and field officer Anurag Singh demanded a bribe of ₹30,000 from him in exchange for approving the loan.
According to victim Gaurav Singh, he had paid the bank management ₹25,000 in advance to get his file approved. Despite this, his file was held up for the remaining ₹5,000. The victim got frustrated over this and filed a written complaint with the Lucknow Anti-Corruption Team.
The anti-corruption team raided the bank premises at 5:00 pm on Tuesday. As per the strategy, the team raided the bank as soon as the money was handed over.
The bribe amount was taken through the peon, but the anti-corruption team surrounded the manager on the spot and caught him.
The anti-corruption team is conducting extensive interrogations of the manager and field officers within the bank.
