By Taro Fuse and Sumio Ito TOKYO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Japan's scandal-hit Suruga Bank will receive a credit line for as much as 250 billion yen ($2.2 billion) from the country's central bank after seeing two quarters of desposit outflows, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The mid-sized lender in central Japan is reeling from a scandal over retail property-investment loans that has slammed its shares and led to the departures of top executives. Regulators do not expect Suruga to suffer a liquidity crunch but they have asked the lender to secure funding from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to be ready for any contingencies, the sources told Reuters. They spoke on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly. Some depositors pulled money out of the bank in the wake of the scandal, with net outflows of 220 billion yen, equivalent to about 5 percent of the lender's total deposits, in the April-June quarter.