Karimnagar, April 19 -- Employees of a private bank allegedly evicted a physically disabled man and his family from their houses over pending loan instalments in Telangana's Rajanna Sircilla district.

Identified as Bogam Gopal, the victim lost his leg three years ago after doctors amputated it due to severe diabetes. He was a resident of the Indiranagar area of the district headquarters who took a loan of Rs 8 lakhs from a Karimnagar-based private bank in 2021. He lived with his wife, Rama, his son, Sai Kumar, and his daughter, Amruthavarshini.

The bank employees first visited their house on April 15, when Gopal complained that he had been paying interest with the loan instalments every month, even though his leg had been amputated. He ...