Pune:
A forty five-year-old man on Saturday allegedly killed his spouse and minor son by administering them a heavy dose of sleeping capsules earlier than making an attempt suicide as a consequence of “harassment” by moneylenders, police stated.
The person, Vaibhav Hande from Chikhali close to Pune metropolis, is being handled in a hospital and police have booked 4 individuals, recognized as Santosh Kadam, Surekha Kadam, Santosh Pawar and Javed Khan, in reference to the deaths, the official stated.
In his grievance, Vaibhav stated he gave a number of sleeping capsules to his spouse Shubhangi Hande, 36, and their 9-year-old son Dhanraj within the morning, ensuing of their loss of life. Vaibhav then tried to hold himself from a ceiling fan of their flat.
On Friday night time, Vaibhav had despatched a observe on the cell phone of his 14-year-old son, whom he had despatched to his relative’s place in Mumbai, detailing his plan.
{The teenager} panicked after studying the message within the morning and made frantic calls to their neighbours to verify on his household. When the neighbours didn’t get any response regardless of repeated knocks on the door, they known as the police, the official stated.
Police entered the flat and located Vaibhav alive. He was then rushed to a personal hospital, the official stated.
“The complainant had borrowed Rs 6 lakh and Rs 2 lakh at a month-to-month rate of interest of 10 per cent from accused Santosh Kadam and Surekha, respectively. He had additionally taken Rs 4 lakh from Javed Khan at excessive curiosity,” the official stated, quoting Vaibhav’s grievance.
The complainant informed the police that he had repaid the principal and an extra Rs 9 lakh to the moneylenders however they have been harassing him to pay extra, the official stated.
The accused have been booked for prison intimidation and a probe is underway, the official stated.