Hafed official booked for abetting Ambala man’s suicide

55-year-old commission agent and rice mill owner committed suicide at his shop in the new grain market in Ambala City

A 55-year-old arhtiya (commission agent) committed suicide at his shop in the new grain market in Ambala City on Monday.

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In the suicide note recovered from the premises, he put the blame on Hafed’s Ambala district manager Vikas Deswal, following which the official was booked for abetment.

A resident of Sector 8 in Ambala City, the victim (name being withheld) owned a trading company and a rice mill, which was not operational.

His son, in the police complainant, mentioned his father had been upset for a few days and had mentioned that Deswal was not giving him the permission to run the rice sheller.

It was around 11:30am that the son got a call from his cousin informing him that his father had hanged himself from an iron ring in the shop’s ceiling.

The family later recovered the suicide note from a cupboard in the shop and handed it over to police.

“We have lodged a case against Vikas Deswal under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Investigation is underway,” said Ram Kumar, Ambala City police station in-charge.

Deswal didn’t respond to calls and messages for comments on the allegation.