A 55-year-old contractor in Ahmedabad died by suicide due to alleged financial burden. The Vasna police have registered a complaint against four individuals and initiated legal proceedings.
In August 2022, Jitu Makwana, a contractor, learned that Apurvakriti Infrastructure, with the assistance of another company, had secured a railway construction project in Virochannagar, Sanand.
Makwana took up sub-contracting work in Virochannagar, Sanand, which included building a railway station and staff quarters.
He met Kishor Pappu of Apurvakriti and entered into an agreement in October 2022 with the company’s MD Shyamlal Mittal to build the railway station building. Out of the total ₹1.31 crore project cost, only ₹58 lakh was paid. Additionally, ₹19 lakh from another project remained unpaid.
Despite assurances of payment, the company assigned Makwana additional work without clearing the outstanding ₹62 lakh. Makwana repeatedly contacted Pappu, Mittal, demanding the pending amount, but they reportedly threatened him.
In addition to the non-payment, Makwana borrowed ₹6 lakh at interest from Dhavalsinh Jadav, a resident of Khokhra. Unable to handle the mounting stress, he first attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills. On December 26, he tragically took his own life by hanging himself at home.
Family members found a call recording and a suicide note on the deceased’s mobile phone. Based on this evidence, they filed a complaint at Vasna police station, prompting legal action by the authorities.
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