Moneylender booked for outraging modesty

Nagpur: Moneylender Abhay Patil and his wife Prajakta have been booked by the Bhiwapur police for outraging the modesty of a woman in Wakeshwar. A political furore over the issue led to legal action. State home minister Anil Deshmukh, too, had intervened in the matter.
It’s learnt that Patil and his wife had gone to the farm of the survivor and her husband at Wakeshwar on June 20 to pressure them to settle the loan amount of Rs two lakhs. After an argument, there was a scuffle in which Patil and his wife dragged the woman and her husband out of their farm. The woman’s clothes were torn and she was left in a sorry state.
Earlier, Bhiwapur police had failed to react positively, but later, registered and offence and arrested Patil after political intervention.