Two usurers booked for abetting suicide

Meerut | Sunday | 24th March, 2019

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Pilibhit: Two usurers were booked by police on Friday for allegedly abetting a 40-year old labourer to commit suicide in Bisalpur town under Bisalpur Kotwali police station.The man hung himself in his house on Friday evening after being harassed by the usurers. Lately, he was being pressurized by the usurers to sell his house and repay the amount. The deceased had borrowed Rs 40,000 from the usurers at high interest. No arrest has been made yet, he added.Kamal is survived by wife, two sons and four daughters. But, the accused were constantly pressurizing Kamal to sell his house and clear dues of the respective interest, Madhu said.Officer in-charge at Bisalpur Kotwali police station, Satyendra Kumar, said that an FIR was lodged against the two accused under sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation)..