Rajkot: A 35-year-old tailor allegedly committed suicide in his rented shop by hanging on Sunday night.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the tailor Bhavin Jesor was suffering from severe financial crunch as the business was down after lockdown.
Jesore lived in a rented house in Radhe Shyam Society on Mavdi Road with his wife and daughter.
Police said he was finding it difficult to pay the rent for the house and shop as there was not getting stitching work due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tailor is a native of native of Gadu village in Maliya-Hatina taluka of Junagadh district where his parents live.
Rajkot has seen a spate of suicides by small-time businessmen and individuals, mainly due to the financial crisis triggered by the lockdown.