Harassed by a moneylender over demanding excessive interest on borrowed money, a 28-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging with the ceiling at his house at Shivji Nagar under Habibganj police station area late in the night on Saturday.
The deceased identified as Rakesh Sahu was found hanging and was declared dead when taken to nearby hospital.
Police said that the deceased used to run a fruit juice stall and borrowed money from money lender who used demand money which is find in the preliminary investigation but no suicide note has been recovered further investigation has been started.
Father of deceased alleged that deceased borrowed Rs 5000 from Santosh who used to collect money on daily basis and charged the victim in such a manner that he demanded Rs 25000 in return of Rs 5000 which were provided and Rs 20000 as interest.
Late in the night around 12 he was found hanging with the ceiling. Moneylender Santosh used to charge interest on daily basis and would double it if the deceased would fail to provide interest of a single day.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old youth was found hanging with the ceiling at Kalara village under Gunga police station area on Saturday. Police said that Manohar Sharma was found hanging and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. He was a class 9 student.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC. Police have started further investigation.