Woman, her sons end life over 'harassment' by loan recovery agents in Bengaluru


Bengaluru, Mar 21 (IANS): A woman and her sons have allegedly committed suicide here by setting themselves on fire over 'harassment' by the loan recovery agents, the police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in the J.P. Nagar locality. The deceased have been identified as Sukanya, 48, and her sons -- in their late 20s, Nikhit and Nischith.

Nischith was physically challenged.

According to the police, the family lived in rented accommodation in the J.P. Nagar locality. The family of Jayanand, natives of Ambalpady in Udupi had arrived to Bengaluru many years ago. 

The head of the family, Jayanand, ran a factory which had to be shut down after incurring losses during the Covid pandemic.

According to police, the family had taken loans in this backdrop, and they were struggling to pay them back.

Meanwhile, Jayanand fell ill and stayed at home. His wife Sukanya used to provide tuition classes at home while Nischith was working from home for a private firm. Nikith had quit the job three months ago and was at home.

The recovery agents and moneylenders often visited the house and demanded repayment.

However, the family was struggling to even pay the house rent. The recovery agents had last visited their home on Tuesday evening.

The police have found an electric wire in the room in which the mother and two sons' bodies were found. However, the police said that they are yet to ascertain the exact cause of death.

The police have also been investigating the cause of the fire.

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Haneef, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    Don't get trapped in fake political promises moreover don't follow media hype on economic growth numbers most of them working for government. Before taking loans think millions of time.

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  • ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    Amrit Kaal...,

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  • Sebastian, Jeppu

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    Pay loan ontime..otherwise ,,Durmuhrta" will take over.

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  • Venzil Fernandes, Mangalore/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    Unfortunately, we do not have a solution to such cases. It's a shame to see that we, as a society, are simply busy blaming each other instead of taking responsibility to help one another

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    This is Culpable Homicide ...

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    people have lost hope in life..after the empty promises of feku maharaj since 2014

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  • Jossy Tauro, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    Very sad that someone ending life.But here most of the time we say banks are harassing People who took loan.We people took loan and our responsibility to repay it.Because we agreed gor that with bank.Banks Are giving loan on the people deposits .If the people not repaying loan then how can bank can give the money to deposit ors?..We need think twice before taking loan.Many are taking loan for lavish life and dont repay it.

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  • Vinod, Udupi

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    But today, there are many renowned industrialists who have taken massive loans from banks which they are never going to repay. Banks will do nothing against them, they will simply write off their loans.

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  • Edward MB, Kudla

    Thu, Mar 21 2024

    That is very very tragic. The bank should be held accountable for this and must be made to compensate not just with money but also rigorous imprisonment of the recovery (rowdy) agents. But all said and done India needs a transformation in refinance rules. A lot of families and businesses have suffered severe losses due to covid. These people should be given opportunities to once again revive their business by refinancing. It is unfortunate that we dont have such a facility and now an entire family is wiped off. Very sad.

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