20 loan sharks booked after man flees home

Rajkot: A total of 20 loan sharks were booked on Friday after a man fled his home, leaving behind a suicide note, alleging that he was going to end his life due to the constant harassment.
Police said that Bipin Solanki left his residence in Anamika Society on University Road in Rajkot on Tuesday. “In his suicide note, Solanki has alleged that the loan sharks had been harassing him for the recovery of Rs 80 lakh that he had taken from them in instalments on interest since 2007,” said an official from University police station.
Solanki’s wife Urmila lodged a police complaint against the loan sharks led by Arjan Bagada, Ghanshyam Saiya and Raju Bhatti, stating that Solanki had to sell off his house, shop and land to repay the interest on the debt. And yet, the accused were asking for more money.
LOK DARBAR AGAINST LOAN SHARKS
Rajkot police commissioner Manoj Agrawal is organizing a lok darbar against the increasing menace of loan sharks in the city at Arwind Maniyar Hall near Jubilee Garden on Saturday. “We appeal all those being harassed by the loan sharks to lodge complaints against them, which will be promptly addressed,” said Agrawal, adding that during the last year, a total of 54 cases were lodged against the loan sharks, and this year, a total of 31 cases had been lodged.