A 52 year-old Chief Manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. He was apparently disturbed over constant harassment by his senior officials. A Suicide note has been recovered, police said.
The deceased, Ajay Sehgal left behind a suicide note alleging that his two senior officials, AK Gupta (Circle Head of PNB) and JK Gupta (field General Manager) harassed him for unnecessary reasons.The incident took place at Wednesday evening when Ajay Sehgal jumped in front of Unchahar Express at Vikas nagar rail line. A passerby informed police about the incident and a team of Railway police rushed him to the civil hospital of Sector-6 at Panchkula, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Sehgal, who was putting up at Sector-12 at Panchkula, was working as the Chief Manager of PNB at Sector-20, Panchkula. During investigations, the police found personal diary of the diseased, said Aman Singh, Inspector Railway Police.In his diary, he had left a suicide note and alleged harassment by his two seniors.
Rama Sehgal, wife of deceased said he always used to tell her about the harassment by his seniors. “The two accused persons were intentionally humiliating him. However I was not aware that he was so much harassed that he decided to finish his life,” added Rama.Meanwhile a PNB official, Mohinder Grover, said that Ajay last attended a meeting with his seniors in the afternoon and left his office at Panchkula. later after a few hours, Police informed the bank officials about the suicide of Ajay Sehgal in the evening.
A case of abetment to suicide was registered against JK Gupta and AK Gupta and further investigations are on in the matter, added the Official.