Harassment case against bank official-The Indian Express -01.12.2013
A woman branch manager of Punjab National Bank's Chakeri branch in Kanpur has lodged an FIR against the bank's regional assistant general manager for allegedly molesting her at his office.
Police have lodged an FIR against the AGM, LK Channa, under IPC 354-A (sexual harassment, physical contact, advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) at Collectorganj police station on the woman's complaint on Thursday.
Collectorganj station officer Alok Rai said the woman alleged that the AGM had called her to his office on November 8 when he touched her cheek and asked her to get physically intimate with him to get her absolved in an inquiry being conducted against her.
Rai said the woman is facing an inquiry for sanctioning a loan in violation of rules.
He said the AGM has, however, denied the allegations saying that he only reprimanded the branch manager for sanctioning the loan in violation of rules.
Rai said police are investigating the matter and they have collected the CCTV footage from the regional office of the bank to examine.
Nothing found in CCTV footage: Police<\b>
Meanwhile, news agency PTI has reported that the CCTV footage of the cabin where the alleged incident took place did not have anything to support the charge.
"The CCTV footage of the AGM's cabin for November 8, the day on which the alleged incident took place, has been analysed, but nothing has been found which can prove that he had sexually harassed the woman," said Collectorganj police station Circle Officer DSP Raghvender Yadav.
"However, since a complaint has been received from the woman, we will today get the CCTV footage of the entire AGM office to see if any objectionable incident took place," he said.
Court summons bank officials=Times Of India
ALLAHABAD: Taking cognizance of a protest petition filed by the family members of a co-operative bank manager, who charged investigating agencies of "partisan probe" in his suicide four years ago, additional CJM (V) M A Khan on Saturday held the then managing director, UP Co-operative Bank, Shiv Nandan Prasad, additional MD, Sharda Singh and general manager (administration) Satyapal Singh accountable under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code(IPC) and asked them to appear in court personally on January 2. Besides, the court also sent a letter to the state chief secretary and DGP, recommending strong departmental action against the then CO, Bara, Janardan Tiwari and Circle Officer (CO) I, B R Saroj for failing to conduct proper investigation in the case in their capacity as Investigating Officers (IO).
The victim, Syed Gyas Ahmad, a resident of Kareli, was posted as district manager at Co-operative Bank, Allahabad. He committed suicide on April 4, 2009, by hanging himself inside his house.
The victim had left a suicide note wherein he had alleged harassment at the hands of seniors, including the then MD, Additional MD and GM, Administration who sought financial favours from him on a regular basis. In the suicide note, the victim had alleged that he was forced to cough up a sum of Rs 48,000 since September 2008 ever since he joined the job. Fed up with the unending demands, the victim took the extreme step, stated the suicide note, informed, additional government advocate (Criminal) SA Naseem. He said that the matter was handed over for investigation to CO Bara and CO-I who submitted the final report in the case in December 2009, giving a clean chit to the officers named in the suicide note. This was objected by the family members of the deceased manager, including his brother Syed Qamar Ahmad, who filed a protest petition in the court of ACJM-V.
Hearing the case, the ACJM (V), M A Khan on Saturday passed the above order asking the above officials named in the suicide note to personally appear before the court and also recommended strong departmental action against the investigation officers (IO) for failing to discharge their duties properly, said Naseem.
The victim, Syed Gyas Ahmad, a resident of Kareli, was posted as district manager at Co-operative Bank, Allahabad. He committed suicide on April 4, 2009, by hanging himself inside his house.
The victim had left a suicide note wherein he had alleged harassment at the hands of seniors, including the then MD, Additional MD and GM, Administration who sought financial favours from him on a regular basis. In the suicide note, the victim had alleged that he was forced to cough up a sum of Rs 48,000 since September 2008 ever since he joined the job. Fed up with the unending demands, the victim took the extreme step, stated the suicide note, informed, additional government advocate (Criminal) SA Naseem. He said that the matter was handed over for investigation to CO Bara and CO-I who submitted the final report in the case in December 2009, giving a clean chit to the officers named in the suicide note. This was objected by the family members of the deceased manager, including his brother Syed Qamar Ahmad, who filed a protest petition in the court of ACJM-V.
Hearing the case, the ACJM (V), M A Khan on Saturday passed the above order asking the above officials named in the suicide note to personally appear before the court and also recommended strong departmental action against the investigation officers (IO) for failing to discharge their duties properly, said Naseem.
Gold worth crores looted from bank TOi
HYDERABAD: Robbers struck at an unguarded private bank in AS Rao Nagar in the wee hours of Friday and decamped with an unspecified amount of gold that was pledged by customers for loans. Still to estimate the total loss, cops said the value of the gold from the Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank (MCUB) could run into several crores of rupees.
According to the police, the robbery was discovered around 9.30 am on Friday when the bank staff arrived and saw the locks missing on the shutters. Immediately, they alerted the police. Except the bank manager, all the other staff members were made to wait outside as the police began the investigation. They discovered that while the cash was intact, the gold kept in an almirah inside the strong room was missing. Initial estimates put the missing quantity of gold at 15 kg. The police said all the customers' lockers were untouched.
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