Pune: Kondhwa police have booked a couple, their two sons and five relatives for allegedly breaking open a flat sealed by a private bank over a loan default at Shivnerinagar in Kondhwa and confining the watchman deployed to guard the property.The manager of the private bank (39) from Wanowrie lodged a complaint with the Kondhwa police station.On July 15, the family members allegedly visited the building and threatened the watchman with a knife. They broke open the locks and seal of the flat. They forced the 45-year-old watchman into the flat, where they locked him inside.After confining the watchman, who remained locked in the flat for nearly 6 hours, they allegedly went to the bank, where they threatened and abused the bank manager. “The bank manager resisted them and raised an alarm. The bank officials then reached the building and rescued the watchman,” police said.According to the Kondhwa police, the family had purchased a flat in the housing society a few years ago. For this, they had taken a loan from a private bank.“The family initially paid the EMIs, but later defaulted on the loan repayment. The bank subsequently issued notices to the family and later sealed the flat. The bank also deployed a watchman to prevent any trespass into the property,” police said.
