DUBAI AT LEAST 37 INDIAN NATIONALS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AND 700 SUICIDE OF INDIAN REPORTED SINCE 2007 TO LAST YEAR Dubai: At least 37 Indian nationals committed suicide in six of the seven emirates of the UAE in the first half of 2014, latest figures from the Indian consulate in Dubai show. These suicides were reported from Dubai and the Northern Emirates comprising Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm al-Quuwain and Ras al-Khaimah. These, along with Abu Dhabi, comprise the United Arab Emirates which is home to around two million expatriate Indians. At least 700 suicides were reported among Indians from 2007 to last year. It was unclear how many were the due to the burden of debts from unpaid loans or other financial stress, The National reported. Aid workers said the fear of social humiliation due to debt and harassment from illegal private money lenders could drive middle-class Indian families to take extreme steps. Malayalam movie producer Santosh Kumar smothered his daughter Gauri, 9, to death this week before he and his wife Manju Menon committed suicide by slitting their wrists in their Dubai apartment following serious financial problems. Their bodies were found after police broke into their flat in Dubai Tuesday. Relatives raised the alarm as they had not seen the family since July 8.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:13:19 +0000
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