Maharashtra: Bank agent seeks 'sex' from woman for unpaid credit card dues

A woman has complained that public sector State Bank of Indias SBI thirdparty recovery agents allegedly demanded sexual favours from her in lieu of outstanding payments in her credit card accountThe victims husband said that the incident took place in February when the New Delhibased recovery company Incredible Management Services IMS owners and agents misbehaved with his wifeThey started with threats then abusive language and then a direct SMS with a written demand for sexual favours with my wife to settle the outstanding bills the livid husband told IANSThe 29yearold woman holds a SBI credit card since past three years and all bills were cleared regularlyHowever he said an amount of around Rs 21000 was pending on account of the financial constraints faced by the family during the pandemic lockdown when he was virtually jobless and his wifes boutique for womens accessories was shut for a prolonged periodAurangabads Deputy Police Commissioner Zone II Deepak Gire said that a FIR was lodged by MIDCCIDCO Police Station soon after the incident and one accused booked under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code and served noticeHowever no arrests are made since the offence attracts a jail term of less than 3 years and investigations are on Gire told IANSWhile the couple contended that the police did nothing for six months after the complaint was registered the police suddenly revived the investigations in JulyThey asked me to accompany them to New Delhi to arrest the culprits IMS CEO Dharmendra S Kalra and his recovery agent Ranjit Kumar I paid for their entire lodgingboarding local travel etc but they did nothing the husband saidIt did not end here and they virtually compelled him to take them for a darshan at the Vaishnodevi Temple in JampK before returning to Aurangabad all at his expenseWe returned after 4 days with no arrests made as promised On the contrary the two police constables Laxman Rathod and Ghorpade disappeared for a couple of hours to meet the two accused and thereafter they tried to dilute our strong case he allegedIn the meantime the IMS agents allegedly created a fake profile on Facebook posted photos of the couple painted the woman as of loose character and available for paid sexWe informed the police but it took them several weeks before any result By then our reputation was ruined in society she saidDespite repeated attempts by IANS Kalra and Kumar were not available on their five mobile numbers provided in the police FIRThe couple is sore that despite so much evidence handed over the Aurangabad police have invoked mild sections and booked only one person so farThe IMS owner is the main culprit but the police are going soft on him Why Was any arrangement worked out when the two constables met him in New Delhi the husband askedThe duo has demanded that the Aurangabad Police take up the matter most seriously slap more serious charges against the IMS CEO and the agent to prevent similar recurrences with other peopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever