Scanty earnings drive tea stall owner to suicide

Rajkot: A young tea stall owner in Jamnagar district committed suicide reportedly because of scanty earnings and poor business in the lockdown period.
Vasu Jhapda (22) was found hanging at his house in Pragateshwar Society in Lalpur village near Jamnagar on Thursday.
Police said Jhapda had a tea kiosk on University Road in Rajkot, but it had remained shut during the lockdown period for three months. “His family members told us that Jhapda had sunk into depression which led him to the drastic step,” said an official from Lalpur police station.
Jhapada is survived by his parents. He was bachelor.