Answers to many questions in the suicide case of Saharanpur businessman Saurabh Babbar are still unresolved. Saurabh’s body was found on 11 August but his wife Mona’s whereabouts are still unknown even after 10 days. However, both of them jumped into the Ganga in Haridwar together. In the suicide note, Saurabh had written that he was ending his life with his wife due to the burden of debt. Before his death, he had also sent his last selfie to an acquaintance. Currently, after Saurabh’s death, the creditors are worried about their money, which they had invested in Saurabh’s committee.
In fact, a jeweler from Kishunpura in Saharanpur is troubled by his creditors. saurabh babbar (35) committed suicide along with his wife Mona. He himself mentioned this in his suicide note. Although Saurabh’s body has been recovered, the search for his wife Mona’s body is still on. Police say that teams have been deployed to search for the body. The family has not filed a complaint against anyone regarding the suicide. At the same time, the problems of the creditors have also been heard.
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Went to Haridwar by bike, then jumped into the Ganges
The couple went to Haridwar, about 100 km from Saharanpur, by bike and then committed suicide by jumping into the Ganga from the bridge there. Before jumping into the Ganga, jeweler Saurabh Babbar had sent a suicide note, selfie and location to his family. The couple had also called their family before committing suicide.
Husband’s body found, wife still missing
Saurabh’s body was recovered from the banks of Ganganahar on Monday (11 August), while his wife Mona Babbar could not be traced. Police and divers are searching for Mona from Haridwar to Roorkee. The couple has two children. The daughter is 11 years old while the son is 7 years old.
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According to the information received, on the morning of August 11, the Ranipur police of Haridwar district received information that the body of a young man was stuck in the swamp on the banks of the Ganga canal. The police reached the spot and got the body out. The body was identified from the mobile phone and documents in the purse etc. After which Kishanpura Kotwali (Saharanpur Police) was informed.
Statement of Saurabh’s father
Darshanlal, father of the deceased businessman Saurabh Babbar, said – We were not sure that Saurabh would ever do this. He has given us a lifetime of sorrow. If we had known about the debt, we would have talked to him and explained it to him. We would not have let him take this step, but he never mentioned it.
According to Darshanlal- Saurabh went to his in-laws’ house with his wife Mona and two children on Friday night (9 August), then left the children there and left for Haridwar with his wife. It was learnt from people that he committed suicide by jumping into the Ganga in Haridwar. I had met him two days before this incident. He used to come home with his daughter-in-law, but it never seemed that he would take such a big step.
Saurabh used to run a gold committee along with the jewellery shop
Saurabh lived separately from his family after marriage. Saurabh had a jewellery shop in Kishunpura for 12 years. Investigation has revealed that Saurabh was running 7 committee groups and each group had around 200 members, i.e. around 1400 members used to give committee money to Saurabh.
Every person (committee member) used to deposit 2000 rupees per month with him. According to this, he used to get 28 lakh rupees every month. This committee was for 20 months, that is, every person used to give him 40 thousand rupees for 20 months. Saurabh gave this money to a big jeweler so that he could make many gold ornaments for him in exchange of money and he could give those ornaments to his winning members on lucky draw.
This Gold Committee This was the rule. Members used to get gold/silver or jewellery in exchange of cash. The lucky draw was to be held on 10th August, but before that Saurabh committed suicide. It is being said that the son of the big jeweller to whom Saurabh had given money fled to Dubai with that money. Due to which Saurabh did not get jewellery in exchange of cash. When he did not get any goods, he was not able to answer his committee members. At the same time, the members were pressurising him.
It is also being said that Saurabh had invested a large part of this amount in the share market. But he suffered a huge loss in the share market and became a debtor. Finally, troubled by the debtors and the loss of money, he embraced death. At present, the committee members are in trouble due to this step of Saurabh. Because, they had deposited their hard-earned money with Saurabh. They were expecting good returns. But now forget about returns, they are facing problems even with the principal amount.
Pain expressed in suicide note
Expressing his pain in the suicide note, Saurabh Babbar wrote- ‘I am tired of paying interest, now I am not being able to pay interest anymore, so I am committing suicide. I will send a selfie from wherever I commit suicide.’ Before jumping into the river, Saurabh made his last call to his family, the recording of which has gone viral.
(Input: Rahul Kumar)
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