Times News Network
Ludhiana: Allegedly humiliated by fruit sellers of the vegetable market near Jalandhar bypass, a fruit vendor committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance on Thursday evening.
The victim, identified as Ravinder Singh, 40, of Laxmi Nagar, was rushed to hospital, where he succumbed. Police recovered a suicide note from the victim’s jacket, on the basis of which a case of abetment to suicide was registered.
Police have registered a case against the accused, identified as Vikram and Kushal, fruit sellers at the vegetable market of Jalandhar Bypass.
Manjinder Kaur, wife of the deceased said Ravinder was upset for the past some time. She said he used to tell her that the accused were humiliating him in front of everyone in the vegetable market.
“On Thursday evening, our children were not home when Ravinder asked me to get something from the market. I left the house and minutes later, I received a call from Ravinder, who told me that he had consumed some poisonous substance. I rushed to the house and called my brother Manjeet. They rushed Ravinder to DMC hospital, where he died during treatment,” she said.
Inspector Gopal Krishan said about four months ago, Ravinder borrowed Rs 20,000 from Vikram and Kaushal and was unable to return the money, for which the accused were harassing him. In the suicide note, Ravinder said the accused used to humiliate him in front of everyone. He mentioned that this happened again a few days ago, because of which he was upset.
Police said a case has been registered under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC against the accused. No arrest has been made so far.