A middle-aged woman, Kanchan Das, hailing from Chatara village under the municipal area here died in mysterious circumstances on Sunday.
The deceased’s family has alleged that a financial company agent Badal Das of had swindle her money following which she was traumatised and later died in the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Soon after Kanchan’s death news spread, hundreds of people gathered in front of Badal’s house and ransacked his house. Later, police rushed to the spot put the situation under control.
Badal was financing a SHG comprising mainly Dalit women. A Rs 8 lakh loan was sanctioned by the company in favour of the SHG but the 30 woman members were unaware about it.
Surprisingly, a few days ago, a company representative visited the SHG women and asked them to pay the loan. The victims expressed their inability and said they had not availed any loan.
Later, Kanchan went and confronted Badal and after returning home she went ill.
“After Kanchan’s death, Badal and his kin have disappeared from the village. We have registered a case following complaint of the SHG members and a probe is on,” said Jagatsinghpur PS IIC Rajanikanta Mishra.