Number of suicides due to online gambling continues to rise in Coimbatore

Coimbatore: Number of suicides due to online gambling continues to rise in Coimbatore. Another youth has committed suicide due to online gambling games.


Coimbatore: Number of suicides due to online gambling continues to rise in Coimbatore. Another youth has committed suicide due to online gambling games.

Madankumar, a bank employee who lost money in online gambling two days ago in Coimbatore, committed suicide by hanging himself. This shocked online game lovers. Another youth committed suicide due to online gambling issues in Coimbatore. The incident has caused more stir in Coimbatore.

Jayachandran (age 32), a native of Coimbatore, Annai Indira Nagar, was an employee of a private company. He lost his parents and lived in a relative's house as he was not married. Jayachandran used to play rummy online. Thus the money he earned was lost in gambling. As the debts kept piling, Jayachandran got depressed.

Frustrated by this, Jayachandran committed suicide by hanging. The people of Kuniyamuthur area were deeply saddened by this incident. Public question how gambling on streets is an offence when the government allows online gambling.

They said as suicides continue to take place in Coimbatore, online gambling should be banned immediately and urged that the government should take action.

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