True to Trinamool Congress MP Somen Mitra’s predictions, “procession of suicides” had started with as many as 9 people committing suicide in the past one week or so. Out of them three “mysterious deaths” were reported on Monday, police said.
One Jayanta Sarkar, a director of a small-saving firm, was found mysteriously dead in his room at Chinsurah in Hooghly district.
According to police, Sarkar had failed to pay up about `1 crore to his investors who then attacked his house on Sunday. A “humiliated” Jayanta Sarkar was reportedly found hanging in his room. The police said, “It may be a case of suicide.”
In another case, Jagadish Roy reportedly committed suicide at Sodepur in North 24 Parganas on Sunday night, police said, adding his son Bidhan who used to run a chit fund scheme had fled the home without paying his investors’ dues and the villagers humiliated Jagadish for his son’s crime. “He then committed suicide,” the police said, quoting his family members saying he was also beaten up by the people a few days ago.
In another case, an agent Sanjay Sarkar committed suicide leaving behind a suicide note. A fourth person Shyamasunder Mukherjee, who was a retired schoolteacher and an agent with the Saradha Group, died of a cerebral stroke at Bankura, police said, adding the 64-year-old retired teacher was under stress as there was pressure from the villagers to pay their dues.