RTI activist fears for his life for exposing bank fraud

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 20

RTI activist Gurmeet Bablu, who is also the president of the Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Youth Front, fears for his and his family members’ lives. He recently exposed a “scam” of defrauding banks by a rice sheller, located at the Tarn Taran road. He alleged that the firm had defrauding banks to the tune of crores of rupees just like Veerumal Mulkh Raj Jain rice mill whose owners fled out of country after defrauding banks.

After he complained to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency asked the vigilance departments of various banks, which have granted loan limits to the rice mill, to investigate the same.

In a communiqué to Director General of Police (DGP) Suresh Arora, he said that as he was the whistle-blower of the alleged scam, the police should protect him and his family members. He said if anything untoward happened to him or his family members, the firm owners would be responsible.

He alleged that the firm took huge loans from different banks by mortgaging moveable and immovable properties. These loans were declared non-profiting assets by the banks.

He said the police should immediately get the passports of all the directors surrendered. He claimed that a bank had even asked the local police to register a case in this connection.

The DGP has marked the case to the Police Commissioner to take necessary action on the complaint.