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Poverty drives six Kanpur family members to suicide
Kanpur, Apr 23: Driven by poverty, all the six members of a family of an ex-service man committed suicide by consuming poison in this industrial town, police said today.
Kanpur, Apr 23: Driven by poverty, all the six members of a family of an ex-service man committed suicide by consuming poison in this industrial town, police said today.
Ram Vilas Pal, a former Army man, his wife, three daughters and a son took their own lives at their Sanjay Nagar residence late last night.
The police said that in a suicide note, Pal said the family had taken the extreme step due to poverty as after the Army job, he was working in a cotton mill here which had
remained closed for the last several years.
The tempo taxi, driven by his son to make a living, was also sold to cope with the cash crunch.
Bureau Report