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Debt-ridden Ward Chair commits suicide

Kathmandu, 18 January : A ward chairman in Kohalpur municipality of Banke district has committed suicide reportedly after his failure to pay off a debt worth around Rs 2 million to a bank.According to local police, Krishna Bahadur Khadka, the chair of ward 12 of the city, was found dead in a hotel room in Bahraich of India on Wednesday. The body of local Nepal Communist Party leader was brought to Nepal on Thursday and cremated on Friday morning.  A 22-page suicide note revealed that  he was trapped by financial issues. The family sources also  say that he had to pay off around Rs 2 million debt to a bank.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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