Suicide bid foiled in Gujarat HC

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In a dramatic and tragic incident, a Gujarat courtroom, full of lawyers, judges, and witnesses, witnessed four victims of a notorious loan fraud scandal making an attempt on their own lives, transforming a court hearing into a heart-wrenching scene.

The catalyst for this tragedy has been an epidemic of financial fraud that plagues Gujarat, bleeding citizens of between Rs 1 crore and Rs 1.2 crore daily. The merciless claws of online swindling schemes and vicious loan apps have left many stripped of their life savings.

In the eye of the storm were Ahmedabad's Shaileshbhai Ishwarbhai Panchal, Jayshreeben Panchal, Manojbhai Vaishnav, and Hardikbhai Amaratbhai Patel, who ingested phenyl in a desperate cry for justice as the accused obtained anticipatory bail.

The proceedings at the HC were abruptly adjourned after the alarming incident in June. The distressed quartet, defrauded out of Rs 1.6 crore by the accused, were quickly whisked to a local hospital where they were declared stable. They claim their signatures were forged to illicitly secure loans from a cooperative bank in Ahmedabad, leaving them teetering on the brink of financial ruin.

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