AHMEDABAD: A 50-year-old cloth trader from Isanpur, Bharat Chandel, committed suicide on Wednesday afternoon at his house by hanging himself.
Isanpur police which is probing the case said Chandel had no work for about three years and due to the lockdown, the money he had invested in a cloth business also was not giving returns.
Assistant sub-inspector Idrish Malek of Isanpur police station said Chandel, who is survived by his wife and two children, had set up a warehouse for his cloth business three years ago at Balaji Estate in Isanpur.
“On December 24, he received a notice to pay Rs 2.44 lakh in goods and services tax (GST). He was stressed about how he would be able to pay the tax,” a police source said.
Police officials said that on Wednesday, when his wife and children were on the ground floor of the house, Chandel went to a room on the first floor and hanged himself with a saree.
“When his wife went up to wake him for tea, she discovered him hanging from a ceiling fan. On hearing her screams, neighbours’ rushed in and took Chandel to LG Hospital but he was declared brought dead,” said a police source.
Inspector J V Rana of Isanpur police station said they registered a case of accidental death and are probing the case.