Nashik: 'Harassed' over loan repayment, couple commits suicide
A couple allegedly committed suicide at their residence in Ambad locality in Nashik, due to "harassment" by five moneylenders. The incident took place yesterday and the deceased were identified as Vasudev Ambadas Jadhav (38) and his wife Sangita (34). The deceased were originally from Shirpur in Dhule district of Maharashtra. Offenses have been registered against the five money-lenders and a probe has been launched.
Cops recovered a suicide note beside their bodies
Vasudev, a labor contractor, had borrowed money from the lenders for business purposes. He had repaid some part of the money, but the lenders were pressurizing him for the remaining amount. Police recovered a "suicide note" beside their bodies, which states that both of them were ending their lives as they were fed up with the harassment by money-lenders from whom they took loans.
The couple consumed poison on Friday morning
The couple consumed poison on Friday but the incident came to light when one of their relatives went to their place and found them lying motionless. The relative immediately alerted the police, who rushed to the spot. The bodies were sent for post-mortem, police said.
