A fisherman in Andhra Pradesh died by suicide after loan recovery agents allegedly circulated a morphed picture of his wife after he failed to repay the loan amount, the police said on Wednesday. The person identified as S Narendra, who was married recently, ended his life on December 7.
This ghastly decision was taken by the 21-year-old after learning that the unidentified loan recovery agents circulated the morphed picture of his wife.
"It is not clear as to how much money Narendra borrowed from the loan app, but it is believed that he reportedly owed a due of Rs 2,000 more," the official told PTI.
Incidentally, the fisherman's wife started getting calls over the due amount and was warned that their morphed photograph would be circulated among all their contacts.
Subsequently, the couple repaid the money, but by then the morphed image was circulated, prompting Narendra to hang himself to death, police said.
Police are yet to arrest people behind the circulation of the morphed image and have registered a case under relevant sections dealing with abetment to commit suicide, identity theft and others.
In another similar case a debt-ridden family allegedly died by suicide in Telangana's Mancherial district on Wednesday, police said. Samudrala Shiva Prasad, 28, a resident of Kasipet village under Tandur police limits, was reportedly addicted to online betting and trading, according to Mancherial Deputy Superintendent of Police, Eggadi Bhaskar.
"Prasad suffered significant losses in online betting and even attempted suicide a year ago," the DSP said. Unable to repay the debts, Prasad, along with his parents, Mondaiah, 60, and Sridevi, 55, and elder sister, Chaitanya, 34, consumed insecticide at their house on Tuesday, the police stated.
Neighbours alerted the authorities and rushed the family to a hospital in Warangal, where the parents and sister succumbed to the poisoning on Wednesday.
Prasad remains in critical condition, police said, adding that a case has been registered.
(With PTI inputs)
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