The Gujarat Police has filed 464 cases against usurers lending on high interest rates and arrested 316 of the 762 moneylenders booked across the state in the last week after the government launched a drive, a statement said.
The Gujarat government had launched a ‘mega-drive’ against such lenders and held 939 ‘Lok Darbars’ to hear out victims, which started on 5th January.
According to a government press release, four accused were booked under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (PASA) Act and of these, two accused from Vadodara, Pranav Trivedi and Gaurang Mistry, have been jailed in Rajkot and Bhuj.
Also, the release cited some cases like that of Surat’s Nainaben Virani, who had borrowed Rs 8 lakh by placing her house under mortgage. The lender, who usurped her house and demanded Rs 8 lakh, has now been booked.
Adding further, release said that another case cited was of Champaben Ajudia, who had borrowed Rs 5 lakh from a lender for treatment of blood cancer, against which the usurer grabbed her flat worth Rs 15 lakh. “The Surat Crime Branch intervened and got her flat back.”
In Vadodara, Kalpesh Gohil had borrowed Rs 6 lakh in 2018, against which the lender was harassing him to return Rs 20 lakh. “Both parties were called and a settlement was reached,” the release said.
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