Rajkot: harassed by loan sharks, a 38-year-old man who allegedly tried to end his life by consuming poison outside the civil hospital on Thursday night.
In a statement to the police, Hitesh Dodiya, a resident of Sadhu Vasvani Road, said that he wanted to end his life when he was fed up with the abuse of a loan, who happened to be his friend.
Dodiya grabs livelihood by doing welding and fabrication work.
The police said that Dodiya, a father for two girls, was found unconsciously outside the gate of the civil hospital.
People who pass flow into the hospital where he is treated.
According to the young dodies of Police Dodiya suffer from epilepsy.
Two years ago, he borrowed Rs 1.5 lakh from his friend Prakash Gokani for his daughter’s care.
Then, he returned to borrow Rs 1.5 lakh from Gokani for business expansion.
Dodiya also pays Rs 15,000 as interest per month.
Dodiya said that he was forced to move the house of watching Yijna to Gokani.
Then, Gokani demanded Rs 5 Lakh and began to threaten him after that Dodiya decided to end his life.