Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Aug 19: A large number of families with shoestring budgets, which were somehow carrying on with the determination to work hard and improve their situations in course of time, have faced untold miseries because of Covid19. During the last 18 months, these families have not been getting any income, and interest on loans raised has been rising rapidly. Covid lockdown has become a curse for lower middle class families. One such family from T Dasarahalli here, which could not take it anymore, has gone missing, after deciding to end their lives.
Gandhi (left) and Shalini
In a suicide note left behind, the family said that because of financial crisis due to Covid19, carrying on with life has become very difficult. It said that insults they faced have made life miserable. Therefore, the family said it had decided to commit suicide. The incident happened in an area within Bagalgunte police station limits, and the police who have registered a case, are searching for this missing family.
Gandhi (43) from T Dasarahalli worked for a private company. His wife, Shalini, was a computer operator. The couple had two daughters and the family lived comfortably. But on account of coronavirus disease, they encountered financial constraints. They had huge borrowings and the creditors visited them daily and pressured them to repay the loans. It was hard to put together seven lac rupees to repay the loans. Frustrated, the family went away, leaving behind a suicide note.
The couple said that it has become very hard to live on. Therefore they said they decided to stop living and requested the people to allow them to die, duly explaining that they will kill themselves after visiting holy places.
The family had disappeared five days back, but no one knew about it. When Shalini's relative called on August 12, no one picked the phone. Growing suspicious, he called the house owner, who said that the family had vacated the house and gone away. The relative, Chiranjeevi, decided to check for himself and arrived at the house where he found the suicide note on the sofa. He filed a police complaint.