A chit-fund company agent who had consumed poison died on Tuesday in North 24 Parganas district taking the number of agents and depositors who committed suicide after the Saradha Group went bust to nine.
Mrinal Kanti Mondal (42) of Sangrampur village under Basirhat police station was under severe pressure from depositors who were demanding that he should refund their money, police sources said.
Unable to repay the depositors, Mondal consumed poison on Sunday night and today he died in hospital, the sources added. On Monday Jagadish Roy, the 60-year-old father of a chit fund company agent Bidhan Roy, committed suicide by hanging at his home.
Mrinal Kanti Mondal (42) of Sangrampur village under Basirhat police station was under severe pressure from depositors who were demanding that he should refund their money, police sources said.
Unable to repay the depositors, Mondal consumed poison on Sunday night and today he died in hospital, the sources added. On Monday Jagadish Roy, the 60-year-old father of a chit fund company agent Bidhan Roy, committed suicide by hanging at his home.