Dhenkanal: A woman of Dangapal under Kankadahada block in this district tried to commit suicide by jumping into a well after she was hounded by employees of a micro finance firm and a women’s self-help group (SHG) for payback of loan Tuesday.
Mamata Nayak was rescued from the well by some locals. She is learnt to have taken the extreme step after she was abused and humiliated at a meeting by the officials of SKS Micro Finance and members of the SHG in the village for loan repayment.
While taking the loan, Mamata was asked to pay weekly installments every Tuesday to the SHG. However, due to lack of money she failed to pay the installment this Tuesday.
The SHG members went to her house and forcibly took her to a meeting. Mamata cited her husband’s illness for the delay in payback, but the SHG members and micro finance officials were in no mood to listen to her desperate pleas and forced her to make payment.
She had earlier taken loans of Rs 24, 000 and later Rs 20,000 from the micro finance firm and cleared them in time.
However, the SHG members and micro finance officials did not take note of her credibility and abused and humiliated her in front of all. She came back home from the meeting and tried to commit suicide.
