Body taken to cops over moneylenders-spurred suicide

Ahmedabad: The family of a man who had killed himself after being harassed by moneylenders took his body to the Nikol police station on Friday, insisting that cops register their complaint. Only then, the family said, would they take the body for the last rites.

Bhupendra Kamariya had committed suicide, unable to take the pressure from moneylenders. V D Zala, the inspector of Nikol police, said: “The family members wanted a complaint to be lodged against the moneylenders and hence an FIR was registered.”

The family said that before taking his life, Kamariya had given an application to police stating that Nitin Darbar, Hakkabhai, Vikram, Raju (complete names not mentioned) and Kalu Rabari were threatening him. Kamariya said that he had taken money from them and had not been able to repay.

Kamariya’s application stated that the five had his cheques and were trying extort money from him. He said that he had received threats over the phone too.

Kamariya said the five even threatened to kidnap him and his family members. He said he would be forced to leave Ahmedabad and shut down his business because of the constant intimidation.