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Clamour for arrest of accused in loan fraud at Pulpally cooperative bank grows

A people’s action council is preparing to intensify agitation raising a slew of demands including the arrest of all the accused in the alleged loan fraud at the Pulpally Primary Service Cooperative Bank in Wayanad.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, V.S. Chacko and C.U. Jayaprakash, president and secretary of the council respectively, said some leaders in the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had joined hands to protect the accused, and that police officers were acting on the instructions of party leaders.

Vigilance officials had delayed submitting the crime report and arresting the accused in the case registered on a complaint by one Daniel and his wife, reportedly victims of the fraud, Mr. Chacko said.

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