Two loan sharks threaten borrower, booked

Rajkot: Two loan sharks have been booked for threatening a borrower with dire consequences in Railnagar area here on Tuesday night. According to the police complaint registered at the Pradhyumannagar police station, Hussain Sham (26) borrowed Rs 50,000 from Tejas Suba.
The latter was was charging 10 per cent monthly interest and forcing Sham to pay Rs 5000 per month. Sham, who is unemployed, could not pay the interest since last two months. Suba with his friend Shailesh Vadodariya came to Sham’s residence on May 23 and threatened Sham’s mother that if he won’t pay the interest in 15 days they will break his hands and legs.
Suba was working as a senior engineer in a company engaged in fitting CCTV cameras but lost his job in the lockdown. Police have registered an offence under IPC section 387, 506 (2) and 114.