Bank Manager Asks Farmer's Wife For Sexual Favours To Grant Crop Loan

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
manager of Central Bank of India in Buldhana district has been booked for allegedly demanding sexual favours from a farmer's wife seeking
crop loan, police said today.The woman had accompanied her husband to the bank where they had applied for a crop loan at Datala in the
Malakapur Tehsil, they said.Branch manager Rajesh Hivase sought the woman's contact details for processing loan after which he called her
up and allegedly used obscene language and demanded sexual favours, they said.Later, Hivase sent a peon to the woman's home, asking her to
comply.The peon allegedly told the woman that Hivase will pass the required farm loan and also extend benefits under a special package if
she agreed.The woman recorded the phone conversation and filed a complaint with the local police, they said.A complaint has been registered
against the manager and the peon under relevant sections of the Indian Peal Code and also sections of the Prevention of Atrocities Act, they
said.Both the accused are absconding and efforts are on to nab them, the police said.