MCD employee commits suicide over financial distress: Police

A class IV MCD employee allegedly committed suicide at his house in East Delhi's GTB Enclave due to financial hardship aggravated by delayed payment of salary, police said today.
45-year-old Hridesh Sharma, who worked as an attendant in a East Delhi Municipal Corporation school, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house. His body was found by his family on Tuesday morning, said a police officer.
The EDMC officials maintained that Sharma was facing financial problems and was hard-pressed to meet the expenses of his family, that included his wife, mother and two children.
However, they claimed that late payment of salary was not the only reason behind Sharma's extreme step.

"His daughter's fee totalling Rs 65,000 was due and he was also reported to be hard pressed to meet expenses like treatment and house rent, but his salary was delayed by one month only," said a senior EDMC official.
Sharma's salary for March was released on April 22.
EDMC, which is facing acute financial problems since its inception after trifurcation of erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi in 2012, had not been able to pay salary and other dues to its employees leading to frequent strikes.
The suicide by Sharma apparently was due to his financial problems but the exact cause is being investigated, said a senior police officer.