Dharamshala, Jan. 21 -- Police have registered an FIR under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against senior officials of the Kangra Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Dharamshala, over the alleged harassment of a retired bank officer, police officials said on Tuesday.

The complainant, Kuldeep Chand Bhardwaj, a retired deputy general manager and a resident of Chetru in Dharamshala, has alleged that he was harassed by senior officials during his tenure at the bank. In his complaint, Bhardwaj stated that he belongs to the scheduled caste community.

According to police, Bhardwaj alleged that while serving as deputy general manager at the bank, he was intentionally harassed by officers and officials of the...