A CRPF personnel, who survived after sustaining five gunshot wounds in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990, killed himself after reportedly failing to withdraw cash from a bank on Saturday.
Rakesh Chand shot himself at his house as he was not able to withdraw money required for his medical treatment. The 54-year-old had retired as a head constable in 2012.
He had been trying to withdraw money from State Bank of India's Tajganj branch near Agra Cantonment since last week.
After losing hope, Rakesh, a resident of Budhana village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, shot himself with his licensed gun.
"My father needed money for treatment of his heart condition. He used to receive a monthly pension of Rs 15,000, of which he needed Rs 6,000-7,000 for doctor's visits and medicines," Rakesh's son Sushil was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
"He also wanted to start treatment for depression because for the past month he had been feeling low because of money problems. After repeatedly trying to withdraw money, he was forced to take his life," he added.
The original ordeal
In 1990, Rakesh was shot in his chest five times during a terrorist attack on his unit at Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district. The injuries led to heart-related problems.
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