The Congress has claimed that Parmar and his wife were party supporters, and the ED harassed them over their political leanings
The note, addressed to President of India, PM Modi, and Rahul Gandhi, accused the ED and BJP leaders of targeting him due to his political affiliation. Parmar and his wife were Congress supporters, with their children gifting a Gulak (piggy bank) to Gandhi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
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A purported suicide note recovered after the deaths of a businessman and his wife who hanged themselves in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district has led to a slugfest between the Congress and the ruling BJP.
In the purported suicide note that surfaced on social media, businessman Manoj Parmar urged Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders not to leave his children alone and accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and BJP leaders of harassment.
The Congress has claimed that Parmar and his wife were party supporters, and the ED harassed them over their political leanings. The couple’s children had gifted their piggybank to Gandhi during his “Bharat Jodo (Nyaya) Yatra”.
Sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Akash Amalkar said the suicide note received by the police was in the form of an application.
He said the family members of the deceased couple were still in mourning, so the police have not recorded their statements.
Parmar and his wife Neha were found hanging in their home in Ashta town of Sehore district on Friday morning.
The suicide note is addressed to the President of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and others.
In a note, which appears to be typed and printed, Parmar has urged Gandhi to take care of his family.
The shocking incident took place a week after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a raid at Mr Parmar’s properties in Sehore and Indore.
The ED sleuths had conducted raids at several locations, including four premises of Mr Parmar on December 5. Several other businessmen, including some prominent jewellers and a Chartered Accountant (CA), were also raided.
Family members allege that the couple was under extreme stress due to the actions taken by the ED against them. “He (Manoj Parmar) was under mental stress due to the ED’s raid. He ended his life because he was harassed by ED,” Manoj’s younger brother Kailash Parmar told the media on Friday.
In a post on X on Saturday, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath claimed that Parmar committed suicide with his wife because he was harassed by the BJP government and ED officials.
“The deceased’s only crime was that during our leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, his children had supported the yatra by gifting him a piggy bank,” he wrote and shared a news report about this case and suicide note.
Nath said the deceased’s suicide note mentions harassment by the ED and pressure to join the BJP.
He said the whole case was more about wiping out an entire family than harassing a businessman to the point of suicide for political reasons.
Nath, in his post, urged Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to get the case investigated as per law and ensure strict action against the culprits.
Madhya Pradesh BJP’s media in-charge Ashish Agrawal had on Friday condemned the Congress’s allegations about the suicide.
“Doing politics over death is the old vulture-like character of Congressmen! The suicide of anyone is sad, but Congressmen misuse it only to further their personal interests. Before making baseless allegations, both Singh and Patwari and Congressmen should know the case history,” Agrawal said in a statement.