Police lenient towards usurers, says forum
The Hindu
‘Usury menace is high in many villages in Dindigul district’
The police were not taking stern action against usury menace and not registering cases against those moneylenders even if complaints were lodged against them, said members of Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) who staged a demonstration along with cadres of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in front of the Collectorate here on Tuesday. Citing an instance, the protesters said that despite lodging a complaint with Vedasandur police Inspector on January 27, no action was taken against usury menace. The DSP also had not questioned his subordinates for the inaction. The usurers, who lent money in the range of ₹25,000 and ₹50,000 to people belonging to the Scheduled Caste communities, had collected several lakhs of rupees as interest over the years and refused to return the bonds even after the principal was paid.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.