Sex For Loan? Bank Manager asking Sexual Favour Thrashed in Public by Woman in Davangere
Davangere: At a time when MeToo skeletons are tumbling out from everywhere, this woman in Davanagere settled it there and then. The woman thrashed a bank manager for allegedly asking sexual favours to approve her loan, a video of which has gone viral. The widely-circulated video shows the woman beating up the manager for allegedly asking for sexual favours in return for approving a loan applied by her. The man was identified as Devaiyya and was employed at DHFL loan agency in Davanagere. According to reports, Devaiyya had allegedly asked the woman, who applied for a loan of Rs 2 lakh, to make sexual relations with him in return of sanctioning her loan.
In the video, the woman is seen dragging the manager by his collar and thrashing him with a stick. She is also seen slapping and kicking him before using a slipper to hit him in the face. In the 50-second clip, she can be heard demanding the man to come with her to the police station. The video also shows her responding to the men filming the incident. “Film the incident all you want, there is nothing wrong with what I am doing,” the woman is heard saying in Kannada.
The video received over 25,000 views in an hour after it was posted and received several comments lauding the woman for her courage. Most comments also called her a “warrior” and called this the “real MeToo”. Seems like The #MeToo campaign has gained momentum in the country over the past few weeks after a tide of sexual harassment allegations were made by women against powerful men.