Tired of finding a tenant for his home he wanted to rent out, a 62-year-old retired bank manager allegedly committed suicide on Friday by hanging himself from a tree branch in India.
The tree was located outside his rented home in South East Delhi’s Amar Colony, the Indian Express reported.
Police said a suicide note was recovered from the pocket of Satish Kumar Chawla’s trousers, in which he allegedly wrote that he was depressed as he was unable to rent out the house he had purchased a year ago, said police.
Chawla lived with his wife and son at a rented apartment, according to police. He had purchased a new house nearby a year ago, and was looking to put it on rent for the last eight months, however did not succeed in doing so.
Unable to find a tenant and depressed, he allegedly committed suicide, police were quoted as saying by the Indian Express
“He was rushed to Metro Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
Foul play was ruled out by police. Chawla’s wife is also a retired bank manager, and the couple worked for a national bank, said police.
