New Delhi, December 15
A businessman from Sehore in Madhya Pradesh and his wife died by suicide who were summoned by Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.
The couple identified as Manoj Parmar and Neha were summoned by the ED on December 9 and December 10 he agency had conducted searches at their office.
The ED claimed that no contact has been made by any officer/official of the ED with Parmar or his wife after the conclusion of search proceedings earlier this week.
The police stated that a day before suicide, the couple visited a temple in Susner with their three children. On December 13 morning, when they did not wake up, the elder son went to check on them and found that they had died by suicide.
On December 5, the ED’s Bhopal Zonal Office conducted searches at four premises in Sehore and Indore as part of their probe against Parmar. The ED had initiated their probe based on an FIR filed by the CBI against Parmar and a senior manager of Punjab National Bank.
According to the CBI, Rs 6 crore in loans were obtained under the PM Employment Generation Programme and CM Yuva Udyami Yojana. However, these funds were allegedly diverted.
Addressing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his purported suicide note, Parmar wrote that he was compelled to take the extreme step as the ED was harassing him because he “joined you (Rahul) and worked for the Congress”. “After my death, the responsibility of these children is yours and of the Congress, so a message goes out that the party stands with its workers,” he wrote.
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