KOTTAYAM: Two 34-year-old brothers were found dead in a suspected case of double suicide in Kaduvakkulam near Kottayam district on Monday. The twins, Nisar Han and Nazir, sons of Abdul Salam of Puthuparambil, Idungadi near Kaduvakkulam, were found hanging inside their house.
According to police, the brothers ended their lives due to a financial crisis amid the lockdown. Their mother Fathima spotted the victims hanging in separate rooms on Monday morning. Subsequently, she informed locals who in turn intimated the Kottayam East police. After completing the inquest procedures, the bodies will be shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examination.
The brothers had earlier worked as crane operators but lost their jobs a year ago following the COVID outbreak. Locals and police said they had also availed a loan from Kottayam Urban Cooperative Bank in 2019 for an amount of Rs 12 lakh but the payment got defaulted during the pandemic.
A few days ago, a notice was received from the bank asking them to repay the loan. Both had informed the bank that they would repay the loan after selling their sister's property in Palakkad. However, this did not work which reportedly forced them to take the extreme step.
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