nUnder stress from banks which inundated the family with reminder calls to pay credit cards bills, three of a family tried to commit suicide by jumping from the terrace of a building in Shahdara’s Jagatpuri with one member dead, police said on Thursday.
Suresh Kumar, a resident of Jagatpuri, has died while his 31-year-old wife Manjeet Kaur and four-year-old daughter got injured in the incident which occurred on Sunday night, said police. In a statement given to police, Kaur said her husband had several credit cards of different bank accounts and had a loan of Rs 8 lakh on his head, police said.
On Monday, around 3 am, Kumar took his minor daughter, along with him, on the terrace. Kaur also followed him where Kumar, holding his daughter jumped from the terrace, following which Kaur also jumped off the terrace, they said. When the neighbouring people heard the noise, they came outside and called police after seeing them on road. The victims were rushed to GTB hospital where Kumar was declared brought dead. The girl got fractures in her both legs, police said.
While Kaur got engaged with an electric wire which broke her momentum due to which she got minor injuries, a senior police officer said.
Kaur was not fit for statement till Wednesday. The condition of Kaur and her daughter are said to be stable. The body of Kumar was handed over to his family members after the post-mortem, police said.
Kaur, a native of Punjab, used to live with her husband and daughter on the ground floor of the building. The house was of her father who lives in Punjab.
Kumar used to work in a private organisation in Gurgaon, police added.