Chit fund scam: Agent commits suicide in Odisha

Balasore: An agent of a chit fund company allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a running train here. [caption id=“attachment_821737” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Saradha’s agents. Representative image.[/caption] The body of Abhimanyu Nayak (35), who belonged to Nilgiri area of Balasore district, was recovered by the GRP and sent for post-mortem after the incident yesterday, railway officials said today. A relative of the deceased said that Nayak was in a depressed state after the chit fund scam surfaced. PTI