A 37-year-old film producer and property dealer committed suicide at his residence at Annapurna Complex under Kamla Nagar police station area on Wednesday; deceased was under severe financial crisis said police.
According to the police the producer of ‘Round Figure’ movie Amol Vaidya was found hanging at his residence, 12th floor of Annapurna Complex, on Wednesday afternoon.
SHO of Kamla Nagar police Ashish Bhattacharya said that the deceased was burdened with debt but the details of the debt could be provided at the moment and would be investigated.
The deceased owned an apartment at the 12th floor which is the top floor of the building. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered.
Deceased’s mother Snehlata told the police that in the afternoon Amol’s children were playing in their room while Amol remained in his room for long and when she knocked her room no response was given by Amol after which she informed the neighbours who broke the door only to found Amol hanging and rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The deceased is survived by his wife Neelam and two sons Aryan (5) and Aarav (5). His wife works as secretary at Mandi Board Gairatganj.
In the initial investigations police found that the deceased owned land in Bhori and had a dispute over the property.
Other revelations found in the investigation is the production of movie ‘Round Finger’ by the deceased in which a huge amount of money was spent but the movie was never released due to different reason.