Jumbangla Desk: Not able to bear the pressure of interest money in Saltha of Faridpur. It has been reported that a young man named Asad Sheikh (24) committed suicide by hanging himself. On Sunday (November 10) afternoon, the police recovered his hanging body from his house in Bishnudi village of Ballabhadi union of the upazila. The deceased is the son of Altaf Sheikh of Asad Bishnudi village. The family of the deceased said that Asad is the eldest son of the family.

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About two years ago, he took Tk 4 lakh on interest from Istam Kazi, a moneylender in Betal village of nearby Nagarkanda, to send his younger brother Masud abroad . Later, the younger brother was cheated and ran out of money. But Asad has been paying interest of 32 thousand taka per month to Istam on that four lakh taka for the last two years. However, due to shortage, he could not pay the interest for the last two months.

So Istam Kazi came home on Sunday morning and abused and threatened Asad. Enraged by this, Asad tied a rope around his neck and committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house. Attempts were made to contact Sud Karbari Istam Kazi for his statement but he was not available.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Saltha police station on Sunday at 10 o'clock. Ataur Rahman told Kal Kantha that the body was recovered and brought to the police station.

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The body will be sent to the morgue for post-mortem on Monday morning. Initially, I found out that Asad committed suicide under the pressure of interest money. Legal action is under process in this incident.