This story is from June 3, 2020

Delhi: Property dealer plots ‘suicide’ to dodge Rs 2-crore debt

Delhi: Property dealer plots ‘suicide’ to dodge Rs 2-crore debt
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NEW DELHI: Reeling under a debt of Rs 2 crore, a 43-year-old man planned to commit suicide last month by setting his car ablaze in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala. Deepak Dabas, a weightlifter-turned-property dealer who also runs a gymnasium, however, claims now that he got scared and left for Haridwar on foot.
On May 15, police were informed about a burning car on Bawana-Kanjhawala Road. On reaching the spot, they found that the charred Duster car belonged to Dabas alias Vikky.
His family members said he was missing. A kidnapping case was registered following his father’s statement, said P K Mishra, Rohini DCP.
Preliminary investigations revealed Dabas had borrowed money from several people, including relatives. But the balance was low in most of his accounts. As police tried to track him, it was found that a transaction of Rs 2,500 was made from an ATM in UP’s Muzaffarnagar four days later using a card belonging to his wife.
A police team not only went to Muzaffarnagar but also to Dehradun and Mussoorie, and got to know on June 1 that Dabas had boarded a train for Delhi. Another team intercepted the train at Meerut and caught him.
Dabas won a gold medal in the World Powerlifting Championships in Delhi in 2017, police said. His wife, a weightlifter, also won a gold medal in the same tournament. Dabas allegedly used to borrow heavily and lend that money on high interest.
Dabas claimed he sprayed diesel on his car but felt suffocated as soon as he set it on fire and moved out.
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