Jhansi: A 42-year-old man, employed as an area manager at a private loan company, has died by suicide in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. In a suicide note, Tarun Saxena stated that his seniors at work have been putting pressure on him to meet his targets for the last two months and threatening him with salary deductions.
Tarun was found dead this morning by the house help. He had locked his wife and two children in another room. He is survived by his parents, wife Megha and children Yatharth and Pihu.
In a five-page letter addressed to his wife, Tarun wrote that he was under immense stress because he could not meet targets despite trying his best. Tarun was tasked with the collection of EMIs of private loan company’s loans from his area, but was falling short of targets due to several issues. He also said he was worried he may lose his job. He wrote that his seniors repeatedly humiliated him. “I am very tense about the future. I have lost my ability to think. I am going.”
Tarun has said he and his colleagues were made to pay for the EMIs they could not recover from their area. He wrote that he had repeatedly raised the problems faced in recovery with his seniors, but they were not ready to listen to him. “I have not slept for 45 days. I have hardly eaten. I am under a lot of stress. Senior managers are pressuring me to meet targets at any cost or quit.”
Tarun also wrote that he had paid his children’s school fees till year-end and apologised to his family members. “You all take care of Megha, Yatharth and Pihu. Mummy, Papa, I have never asked for anything, but am doing so now. Please get the second floor built so that my family can stay comfortably,” he said.
He asked his children to study well and take care of their mother. He asked his relatives to ensure his family gets the insurance money. He also named his seniors and asked his family to register a police complaint against them. “They are responsible for my decision.”
Tarun’s cousin Gaurav Saxena, who lives nearby, said he was being pressured to increase the recovery of loans. “At a video conference at 6 am today, his seniors built the mental pressure. They said he cannot work and he must be sacked. He has named them in his suicide note.”
Senior police officer Vinod Kumar Gautam said they are getting the post-mortem note. “The suicide note says his seniors were pressuring him over the targets. If we get a complaint from the family, we will take action.”
Tarun Saxena’s death by suicide and his letter blaming his senior managers come amid a nationwide conversation over toxic work culture in the aftermath of the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant Anna Sebastian Perayil.
