Overview

• Ravindra Mohan Shinde was found hanged on May 26, and his family discovered a suicide note a day later that prompted the reclassification from an accidental death report.
• He borrowed Rs 25,000 from Prathamesh Chavan in March at 12.5% interest, but alleged harassment escalated when the lender demanded 30% interest.
• The note held Chavan responsible for driving Shinde to suicide and appealed to former Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for the harshest punishment.
• Koparkhairane Police registered an abetment of suicide case under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita on June 2, but Chavan has not been arrested.
• The victim was struggling financially with no steady income and had taken the loan from a lender known to his family.