Trader committed suicide citing inability to repay loans and losses incurred due lockdown
This is a second such incident of suicide reported from the town in the span of two days.
Madhya Pradesh: PTI A 31-year-old trader committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa town on Tuesday, citing inability to repay loans and losses incurred due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, police said.
This is a second such incident of suicide reported from the town in the span of two days.
Ashish Dabar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his godown and left a suicide note stating that he was unable to repay loans he had borrowed for his business, Kotwali police station in-charge B L Mandloi said.
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According to an associate of the deceased, Dabar had borrowed money for his tent business, but the lockdown had dashed all his hopes of doing well.
The deceased had tied a knot in November last year and was the only son of his parents, the associate said.The deceased’s body was sent for post-mortem and a case has been registered in this regard, an official said.
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In a similar incident on Sunday night, a 47-year-old trader allegedly committed suicide in the town citing losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.