RAJKOT :
NINE members of a family of
jewellers in Gujarat’s Rajkot city
tried to commit suicide by consuming pesticide because of
financial distress, police said
on Saturday. Members of the
Adesara family, residents of
Gundawadilocality,themselves
called for ambulance after the
failed attempt on Friday night
and were hospitalised, said an
official. The condition of all of
them was stable, he said.
They took the drastic step
aftertwoMumbai-basedbusinessmenfailedtopaythemfor
3 kg of gold jewellery worth
aroundRs 1.95 crore, supplied
last year, said inspector
Mayurdhwaj Sarvaiya of
Bhaktinagar police station.
Those who consumed pesticide included an eight-yearold child and a 67-year-old
woman, he said.
Family member Ketan
Adesara, who jointly owns a
jewellery unit with his brother in the city’s bullion market,
spoke to reporters. They had
been promised payment for
the jewellery by the Mumbaibased businessmen by Diwali
2023, but the money was not
yet paid, and the family, as a
result, was unable to pay their
own loan instalments, he said.
A case of cheating will be
registered against the businessmen, said inspector
Sarvaiya. As to the suicide
attempt, a station diary entry
was made at the Bhaktinagar
police station, he said.