Ferozepur, April 22, 2018: A farmer leader of village Mehma in Ferozepur has been booked for detaining the Field Officer of Primary Agriculture Development Bank, gone for recovery of loan.
A case has been registered on the statement of Bank Manager Ved Parkash under Section 353, 186, 342 IPC for obstructing in performing the official duties by the Field Officer, Piyush Bansal.
Piyush Bansal had gone to village Mehma to pursue the farmers for deposit of bank loans due to them. Later on, Harnek Singh, President Kissan Union and others detained him made viral a video saying that the government had promised to waive off the loans, there is no question of paying back the loan.
In the video, he has stated that when the farmers are not being paid the price of their products as per the Dr.Swaminathana report, it is very difficult to repay the loan.
A farmer of the bank, who went to his duty in the village of Thakur Lakkhowa Bahram, was brought to the bank by a leader of the Kisan.
Giving information, Pawan Kumar, ASI, Lakho Ke Behram informed that the bank official was detained by the farmers of village Mehma and a case has been registered on the report of Bank Manager. No arrest has so far been made and the investigations are on.
Added here, four months back also the bank officials were locked from the main gate at Guruharsahai against pursuing of bank loan recoveries and a case was registered against certain farmers.