5 booked for abetting suicide

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 12

The police have booked five persons on a charge of abetment to suicide after a record-keeper at Shakti Bhawan in Sector 6 allegedly committed suicide by taking poison due to alleged harassment over loan recovery on Saturday.

According to the FIR, the victim, Sachin Tyagi, had taken several loans from them.

“He used to pay Rs1 lakh instalment every month on a Rs 15 lakh loan, but was struggling to pay interest in due time for the past three months and lenders had started putting pressure on him to repay the loans,” the contents of the alleged WhatsApp note sent by the victim to his wife and maternal cousin stated.

The note indicated that the victim was in a partnership with the suspects to issue loans to others.

Citing his bad health, the victim had sought more time to clear the dues.

However, the suspects had issued life threats to the victim on several occasions.

Tired of harassment, the victim took the extreme step.

Before committing suicide, he sent a WhatsApp message to his wife and maternal cousin Nitin Tyagi in which he blamed the suspects, stating that he was left with no option but to take his life.

He was taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6 from where he was referred to the PGI, where he died during treatment yesterday.

The FIR has been filed against Sandeep, Virkrishan, Budhi Raja, Bintu Raja and Randhir Singh, residents of Chandigarh, under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) at the Sector 20 police station. TNS