Police have arrested two men for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dennis Parmar (30). The tailor, who also operated an embroidery business in Ahmedabad’s Odhav area, hanged himself using a dupatta on the afternoon of September 2.
Krunal Desai, Assistant Commissioner of Police of I Division, told Gujarat Samachar Digital that Parmar’s widow Neelam had filed a complaint stating that Yogesh Shah and Pramod Shah had been harassing Parmar over a debt. Police are investigating further.
Neelam told the police that her husband had been terrified of Yogesh and Pramod, his friends who had lent him ₹1 lakh and ₹3 lakh, respectively. He had needed the money three years ago, to meet medical expenses for his late parents: a kidney patient and a paralytic.
Parmar managed to keep up with his payments—both interest and EMIs—to his friends until three months ago. When he missed one payment, his friends began to abuse him verbally and physically, even in public. Neelam told the police that her husband had been deeply traumatised by the humiliation he endured at the hands of his so-called friends.
Parmar killed himself in their rented home, while Neelam and her eight-year-old son had gone out. When she returned, and Parmar failed to respond to her calls or open the door, she had the door broken and discovered his body.