ASI hit by car, driver held for murder bid

nchkula, April 12

The police have booked five persons — Sandeep, Virkrishan, Budhi Raja, Bintu Raja and Randhir Singh — residents of Chandigarh, 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 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. 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. — TNS