A people’s action council is demanding the arrest of all accused in the alleged loan fraud at the Pulpally Primary Service Cooperative Bank in Wayanad. According to the council, the police officers are acting on the instructions of party leaders who are protecting the accused of the fraud. Vigilance officials had delayed submitting the crime report and arresting the accused in the case on September 22, 2022. The council had submitted a memorandum to the District Collector demanding a waiver of the deceased farmer’s loan, a provision of a job to a kin of the deceased in the bank, and payment of a compensation of ₹25 lakh to the farmer’s kin. The organisation will stage a sit-in in front of the Pulpally police station on Saturday, and will intensify the agitation if the authorities failed to address the demands.