A 48-year-old house painter committed suicide by hanging at his house in Gautam Nagar in the evening on Sunday; man had provided Rs 2.5 lakh to woman who escaped with the money.
Police said that Raju Wasnik took a loan to provide Rs 2.5 lakh to a woman who used to live in the same locality and after getting the money the woman escaped the locality and never returned.
Raju's son told that after the woman escaped with money Raju used to remain depressed. At present, the police have not received any suicide note from the spot. Due to which the real cause of death has not been revealed. The police are investigating the matter.
According to ASI Ghoomendra Singh, Raju Wasnik (48) ofGautam Nagar, used to work as a house painter. At around 8:30 pm on Sunday night he asked his son to bring some goods while wife Reena was also engaged in household chores at home. During this, Raju went to the room saying that he was going to sleep and committed suicide. Later when the wife knocked on the door after some time, there was no response from inside.
The door was broken down with the help of neighbors and Raju was brought to Hamidia hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Police sent the body after the preliminary investigation and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered, further investigation has been started.