Factory owner ends his life

Jalandhar, August 6

A 55-year-old man, an owner of a factory, today committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at the factory.

Before hanging himself, the deceased, Surinder Pal, recorded a video in his mobile phone in which he mentioned the names of people who had forced him to take the extreme step.

He was reportedly running his factory Kundan Industries at New Aman Nagar.

The investigation officer, Police Division 8 SHO, Arun Kumar, said in his video, Pal had taken the names of Ashok Kumar, owner of Subhas Agro, the victim’s daughter-in-law, and his son’s in-laws.

The SHO said the victim was disturbed due to some financial issues with Ashok, who was working with him for 35 years. Ashok was reportedly having his cheques and was not returning them to him. The frequent scuffle of his son with his in-laws had also affected him. The video has been recovered by the police. The police got the information about the suicide at 4.30 pm, when a worker found the body hanging in his room. — TNS