Unable to repay his debts, a South West Delhi-based businessman and his wife allegedly committed suicide by setting their house on fire on Saturday morning. Their two sons too died in the incident. The deceased have been identified as Rajender Saxena (45), his wife Amita (38), and sons Deepu (7) and Tipu (5).
The businessman had written on the wall of a small temple in his house that he was taking this extreme step voluntarily and nobody should be blamed.
Sources claimed that Saxena was unable to pay back a loan of `42 lakh as his factory in Bawana was running into heavy losses. Neighbours informed the police and the fire brigade. Firemen recovered four charred bodies and the same were sent to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for post-mortem.