DU student moves minority body against bank manager

NEW DELHI: A Delhi University student has knocked at the doors of the Delhi Minority Commission claiming he had been "humiliated'' by a bank manager just because he belongs to the minority committee. However, the police claimed that they are yet to hear from the `victim.' Several attempts by Times City to talk to the secretary of the commission failed on Wednesday.
According to the petition filed before the commission, Khalid Ali Abbasi, an 18-year-old political science student of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, has claimed that he had gone to Syndicate Bank's Yamuna Vihar branch in northeast Delhi on January 22 to enquire why his ATM card was not working.
An argument broke out with branch manager Mahesh Chand Sharma. Abbasi alleged Sharma hurled abuses and insulted him in front of a room full of people because of his religion. The manager reportedly passed anti-Muslim remarks and blocked Abbasi's account permanently. He even claimed that Khalid was indulging in illegal businesses and saving money in the banks, Abbasi said.
When contacted by the media, the branch manager refuted the allegations and said it was all concocted. "Abbasi had come complaining that his ATM card hadn't been activated. I told him that it takes 24 hours for a card to get activated. He then started throwing tantrums. He said he was not keen on opening an account with Syndicate Bank in the first place," Sharma said.