PMC bank custome dies from cardiac arrest after losing life savings
A 51-year-old man, whose family has a deposit of over Rs 90 lakh with the troubled Punjab and Maharashtra Bank Cooperative (PMC) Bank, has died due to a heart attack.
Sanjay Gulati, a resident of suburban Oshiwara, went to a protest march held outside a city court on Monday morning and had been under stress because of his deposit being stuck, said Manali Narkar, who was among the agitating depositors. Gulati was there at the protest along with his 80-year-old father, Narkar said.
In a video made at the protest site, Gulati’s father claimed that the family has a deposit of over Rs 90 lakh with the bank, she said.
Gulati died due to a heart attack while having dinner on Monday, a senior official at Oshiwara police station said. Narkar said a few of the depositors will be attending Gulati’s last rites to be held here around noon, and added that they will also be holding a peaceful candle light march in the evening.
According to reports in a section of media, Gulati lost his job after the grounding of Jet Airways and is survived by a specially-abled son, who requires regular medical treatment.
The PMC Bank has been placed under “directions” by the RBI since last month, wherein depositors’ withdrawals have been capped. The limits were increased to Rs 40,000 by the RBI on Monday, and the central bank said 77 per cent of the customers will be able to fully withdraw their deposits with this move.
