18th January 2009 – Bank forgery forces a Kaliyaganj bandh

The Kaliyaganj Nagarik Adhikar Rakkha Committee have called a 12-hour bandh, demanding the immediate reimbursement of funds to customers cheated out of their savings by the Uttar Gabindapur mini-bank in Kaliyaganj.

The bandh will also serve as a protest against an attack made on a prior KNARC rally, in which ten members of the committee were injured.

Around 4,000 customers have an estimated total of more than Rs two crore deposited in the Uttar Gabindapur mini-bank in Kaliyaganj under various schemes. Four years ago, all payment to these customers ceased. Later, the mini-bank stopped doing business altogether.