Minor son held hostage for 14 days as woman fails to repay loan in Jharkhand

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Minor son held hostage for 14 days as woman fails to repay loan in Jharkhand



Out of fear, she kept silence and did not inform the police, but after 14 days she lost patience and informed others in the locality and the matter was put to the notice of local police station, which, taking a swift action rescued the minor, it said.After being rescued, the minor also informed the police that the accused persons used to make him clean the bottles and the place after drinking alcohol, besides making him do other day to day work. Not only this, they used to threaten him that if her mother failed to repay the loan amount, they would sell his kidney and eyes after removing it from his body. His elder sister was at the home on the day of the incident, he told the police.“Some of the employees of the microfinance company had come to the home in search of my mother. When they did not find her at home, I was made to sit on their vehicle on the pretext of finding his mother, and taken to Nagar Untari. I was detained there for 14 days,” said the minor. One of the employees, UmashankarTiwari even used to abuse him, torture him and also made attempts to strangulate him, he said.The minor also informed the police that he was made to do household chores by the employees of the microfinance company during his captivity.After learning about the incident, the microfinance company is said to have suspended the accused bank manager and is also conducting an internal probe into the incident.



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