Surat: A man who earned a living by selling peanuts on road committed suicide due to the severe financial crunch he had been facing for a year now due to the pandemic.
The man identified as Bhaidas Dhole (45) hanged himself from a ceiling hook on the midnight of April 20. His wife Jyoti told police that Dhole had slipped into depression for quite a few months as his income had depleted due to the pandemic.
“He was worried about running the household and paying for education of his two sons,” said a police official. Dhole’s elder son studies in an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) and the younger in Class XII.
He had run out of savings due to the lockdown and even after that he was not doing well. Due to the early night curfew, he had to wind up his stall at DKM Circle on Kotsafil Road early which impacted his business.
A case of accidental death was registered at Udhna police station on Wednesday.