What Drove BK Bansal’s Family to Commit Suicide?

Alleged CBI torture, loss of family members, in business, and public humiliation took collective toll on Bansals.

An estimated 95 percent of suicide cases are caused by either a disease or a disorder. However, the suicide case of former Director General of Corporate Affairs BK Bansal's family falls in the remaining 5 percent, Doctor Mrinal Jha Junior Consultant at VIMHANS said.

Humans are genetically programmed to survive and adapt, said Dr Jha, but the conditions have to be exceptionally suffocating; a person must feel trapped to take the fatal and sure step to end one’s life.

BK Bansal's wife Satyabala (57) and daughter Neha (27) were found hanging in their house a day after he was arrested for accepting a bribe from a pharmaceutical company representative.

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Suicide

Suicides are a leading cause of death among young Indian women (between the ages of 15-45 years), claims Dr Jha.

After being sent into judicial custody multiple times, Bansal was granted bail on 30 August.

Their neighbours believed that the father-son duo was slowly but steadily inching towards normalcy. However, the elaborate suicide note left by them proves otherwise, claims Dr Jha.

Bansal reportedly sent his suicide note, written in blue fountain ink, to the CBI through speedpost and left xerox copies around the house, reports Millenium Post citing CBI sources.

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Felt Helpless

The teenaged domestic helper, 17-year-old Rachna, claims to have suggested that the father-son duo live somewhere else. To this, Bansal’s son Yogesh told her that the CBI had promised to flush them out from wherever they went.

Rachna also claimed that the two spoke about being helpless to do anything but commit suicide, but she never believed that they would, reports The Hindustan Times.

She saw Yogesh walk inside the house with a long rope a day before they were found hanging. At the time he had told her that it was for household work, the report claims.

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Monetary Loss

In the past two months, Yogesh had incurred losses in his real estate business and refused to take his father’s advice to get married.

The people in his vicinity learned how important an office Bansal held only when the CBI paid them a visit.

A day before Bansal decided to kill himself, he paid the electricity bill and paid the people employed at his residence.

The family was known to be a happy and humble one, with Neha’s marriage around the corner, when the CBI raided their house and everything went downhill.

(With inputs from Hindustan Times, Millenium Post, and PTI)