Thiruvananthapuram: At the headquarters of Kerala Bank, a woman climbed the building’s compound wall and raised suicide threat, demanding compassionate appointment following the death of her husband. The man was a temporary employee at the bank.
The incident happened at around 5.30 pm at the headquarters of the bank near Mascot Hotel.
Sreeranjini (38), widow of Prakash, from Nediyamkode, Dhanuvachapuram, Parassala, threatened to jump off the wall into the nearby 30 foot-deep cemetery compound as the authorities continued to neglect her demand.
Prakash, who had served as a temporary watchman for 14 years at the Karakkonam, Vellarada, Udayankulangara, and Balaramapuram branches under the District Co-operative Bank, committed suicide three years ago. Sreeranjini had applied for compassionate appointment at the bank and visited the bank’s Udayankulangara branch and headquarters numerous times but in vain.
She reached the bank's headquarters on Tuesday as a last-ditch attempt. However, the security pesonnel refused to let her in. An upset Sreeranjini then began to cry uncontrollably, stating that she has no other means to take care of her two children. She waited in front of the bank. Finally, when the employees came out and locked the entrance after the day’s work, she suddenly scaled the high compound wall and threatened to jump.
The shocked employees tried to pacify her, but she ignored their pleas. Finally, police and fire force personnel rushed in and brought her down half an hour later after assuring her of appropriate action.
“There is no means for me to earn a living. Both my children are currently at asylums. I am frequenting the office desperately to get a job for the last one year. Initially, they assured to give me the job without any delay. Now they have gone back on their words. I have to bring back the children and take care of them. My struggle is for the same,” she said.
