Ensure bankers' safety, take stern action against unruly: FinMin to states

Department of Financial Services asks for action against 'unruly behaviour' after at least two attacks on employees of state-owned banks.

The Finance Ministry has requested states to ensure the safety and security of bank officials and take stern action against perpetrators following attacks on bankers in some parts of the country.

The Department of Financial Services, in a letter to the chief secretary of states, said that incidences of "unruly behaviour of anti-social elements" against bankers needs to be responded with stern action taken against such elements, sources said.

Last month, an employee of Canara Bank (which merged with Syndicate Bank) was attacked by a police constable at its Saroli branch in Surat, Gujarat. Following the incident, Finance Minister Nirmala