Announcing a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the head of the family which committed mass suicide, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav directed officials to take stern action against loan sharks in the state.
“The mass suicide by five members of a family in Allahabad is unfortunate and such incidents must stop,” he said in a statement issued here on Tuesday. The CM added that officials should take stern action against private money-lenders who charged high rate of interest on loan given to poor families.
“We have to protect the poor from these loan sharks,” he said and asked the Chief Secretary to prepare a scheme by which the poor could get easy loans from banks at much less interest.
The CM also expressed his condolence over the deaths and gave a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the surviving head of the family.
Five members of a family committed mass suicide by jumping in front of a train in Jhusi area of Allahabad district on Monday. The deceased included father Bablu (40), his wife Rekha (35), and their three sons Golu (15), Sonu (13) and Nikhil (12).