A 41-year-old man here attempted to commit self immolation inside a nationalised bank on Tuesday allegedly after failing to avail a loan from the bank.
He was, however, prevented from committing the suicide by the bank staffers after he had poured petrol on his body and was about to set him on fire.
The police said Padhi was detained and interrogated.
“We are yet to receive a written complaint from the bank after which necessary action would be taken,” said Town police station IIC Dilip Das. The person, identified as Sarat Padhi, is a resident of Badakia under Chandipur police station.
According to sources, Padhi runs a medicine counter at Azimabad under Town police station. He had availed Rs 50,000 loan from the Central Bank of India, main branch, for his business about one and a half years ago which he had paid off except a small amount. About 3 months ago, he had again applied for a loan of Rs 2 lakh. Padhi alleged that despite running to the bank for a number of times, the same did not materialise. On Monday, after coming to bank while he had threatened to take drastic action if the loan was not sanctioned.