Cops issue notice to man who ‘cheated’ Dass of Rs 35 lakh

NEW DELHI: A day after three members of a family committed suicide over the loss of their 23-year-old son who was pursuing MBBS in Russia, Delhi Police on Saturday

NEW DELHI: A day after three members of a family committed suicide over the loss of their 23-year-old son who was pursuing MBBS in Russia, Delhi Police on Saturday issued a notice to Alok Sinha.

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Sinha has been accused of taking money from the family for admission of the youth in a private medical college in India.

He has been asked to join the probe.

Police said Bhagwan Dass Yadav (50), his wife Sharda (48) and their daughter Sunita (20) consumed “sulphas” at their house at Khera Dabar in Jaffarpur Kalan area on Friday. They were in depression after Kuldeep (23), a first-year MBBS student in Russia, committed suicide on August 19 while he had come to India on a vacation.

In the suicide note, Bhagwan had accused two men — Alok Sinha and Nasim — of cheating him of Rs 35 lakh after promising admission of his son in a private medical college in India, which did not materialise.

A case of abetment to suicide and cheating was registered against Alok and Naseem on the basis of the suicide note.

A police team visited Alok’s residence in Ghaziabad but he was not at home, a senior police officer said.

His wife told police that he was out of town for some work and claimed that her husband had returned Rs 12.5 lakh to Bhagwan and promised to pay the remaining balance by September 15, the officer said.

Police are trying to trace Nasim but there did not have enough information available on him, said the officer.

Bhagwan had also in his suicide note mentioned that his son Kuldeep was “worried” as the duo had failed to return the money despite repeated assurances.

The bodies of Bhagwan, his wife Sharda and daughter Sunita were handed to their relatives after post-mortem examination on Saturday, the officer said.