In a tragic incident in Meerut, five of a businessman's family committed suicide under TP Nagar police station on Friday morning.
IG of Meerut Zone, Ajay Anand, who visited the spot along with other officers, said that two suicide notes recovered which indicated that the trader owed over Rs 1.57 crore as debt which he failed to meet as a result of which they were ending their lives.
Mohan Arora (65) engaged in spare parts business had been living with his family in Raghukul Vihar Colony under TP Nagar police station area of Meerut. Besides Mohan, his wife Krishna Arora (64), son Vineet Arora (40), Vineet’s wife Pooja (38) and Vineet’s son Abhisekh (18) stayed at the house.
On Friday morning, when the family did not emerge out of the house, the neighbors suspected something amiss and informed the local police after which a team from TP Nagar police station reached there.
On finding the house lcoked from inside, the police team broke open the doors. As they went inside, they found the body of Mohan Arora lying in pool of blood on the bed while other family members were hanging from the ceiling in different rooms. The veins of their arms were slashed and Mohan's body had turned blue pointing towards possible poisoning.
The cops found two suicide notes which said that the family took over Rs 1.57 crores as debt but failed to return it. As a result, the entire family was under depression and when they found no other way to overcome it, they decided to end their lives.
A case was registered in this regard and the bodies were sent for autopsy. The police are investigating.