New Delhi: Ikram Khan Pathan, a resident of Gujarat’s Baroda district, came back to India from Saudi Arabia this month to attend a wedding in the family. What was to be a joyous occasion, however, quickly turned to trauma at the hands of loan recovery agents. On 19 November, Pathan and his younger brother Sameer were riding their cousin’s bike to the wedding in Anand, 70 km from Baroda. Midway through the journey, they were suddenly accosted by three men, who started beating up Sameer. This was not a robbery. It was a message. It turns out, the three men...