Women in Belagavi village throng Minister Jarkiholi with complaint of fraud by micro finance company
Belagavi: District In-charge Minister Satish Jarkiholi was thronged by hundreds of women during his visit to the city on Tuesday with the complaint that a micro finance company had duped them.
The minister, who met the women outside the Congress Bhavan at Sangolli Rayanna Circle and listened to their demand for justice, assured them that he would direct the concerned officers to probe the matter and take necessary legal action to help them get back their savings, according to a report of The Hindu.
The women complained to Jarkiholi that Yallavva Bannibag from Halabhavi village in Belagavi taluk had formed Rani Channamma Rural Micro Finance Company as well as self-help groups (SHGs) in several villages.
Around 3,000 women were organized in around 150 SHGs and taught to save and deposit their money with the company on a weekly basis. The women were also assured that they could easily draw loans from banks. The company borrowed money as loans in the names of these women, but the money was not deposited in the women’s accounts.
The women learned of the matter only when they received notices from finance institutions. When they went to Yallavva Bannibag demanding an explanation, however, they found her absconding and their money she had collected missing.
They filed a police complaint against the micro financer at the Kakati Police Station and met Jarkiholi on Tuesday asking for help to get back their hard-earned money.
Promising them help, the district minister said that he had already spoken to the Police Commissioner and told him to probe the matter. He also asked the women to give time till the end of the winter session of the Karnataka Assembly for him to discuss the issue personally with concerned officials and get back their money.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Rohan Jagadeesh told the minister that Kakati Police officers had registered a case and were conducting an investigation.
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Three of family drown in river in Kerala
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Kozhikode (PTI): Three members of a family, including a girl, drowned in a river at Nadapuram in this district on Saturday, police said.
The tragic incident occurred when the family had gone to Puliyavu river near Nadapuram, to wash their clothes.
The deceased were identified as Ansar (43), his wife Suhada (39), and Isa Mariyam (8), daughter of Ansar's brother--all residents of Puliyavu here.
According to preliminary information, the child accidentally slipped into deep waters and Ansar and his wife attempted to rescue her.
But all three were also pulled in by the current and drowned.
The couple's children alerted the locals, who initiated rescue efforts.
Though they were pulled out of the water, their lives could not be saved, police said.
The bodies were shifted to the nearby state-run hospital and further procedures are underway, they added.
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