Due to bank loan…
On Saturday, 16 November 2024, In the early hours, a struggle with mounting debt ended in tragedy for a family in Bihar. Five members consumed poison there.
One, the father, has died, while the remaining four are critical, struggling for their lives, police said. The chilling sequence of events unfolded in Bihar's Banka district, where financial hardship, allegedly harassment from bank agents over unpaid loans, forced the family to suicide.
According to the police, the head of the family, Kanhaiya Mahato worked as an auto driver. He had taken loans from multiple private banks to support his family. However, the pressure to repay, coupled with the family's dire financial straits, became unbearable.
"Father and mother said their reputation was ruined, and they couldn't live like that. They told us we would all go together," said 16-year-old Savita Kumari, Kanhaiya's daughter.
The family ingested sulphas tablets, commonly used as a pesticide, at around 2:00 am on Saturday. The youngest child, eight-year-old Rakesh Kumar, reportedly spit out the tablets after placing them in his mouth, narrowly escaping the fate.
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