Ranjitha was found hanging at her home in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on March 18. According to the family, Darshan had racked up a debt of over ₹ 1 crore.
Darshan Babu is an engineer who is fond of betting on cricket matches and has been placing major bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) games since 2021. He often borrows money after losing a bet, or to place one when he is short on funds. His 23-year-old wife, tired of the constant harassment by creditors, died by suicide.
Ranjitha was found hanging at her home in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on March 18. According to the family, Darshan had racked up a debt of over ₹ 1 crore.
He worked as an assistant engineer in the Minor Irrigation Department at Hosadurga and had been ensnared in the realm of IPL betting from 2021 to 2023. This took a major toll on the couple’s finances. Allegedly, he had borrowed over ₹ 1.5 crore to place bets after his luck ran out and he lost all his money. While he managed to return ₹ 1 crore, cops say that he still has a pending loan of ₹ 84 lakh.
Ranjitha married Darshan in 2020. She realised the truth about Darshan’s involvement in betting in 2021, claims her father Venkatesh.
In his complaint, Venkatesh said that his daughter was extremely distressed due to the constant harassment by moneylenders and this led to her suicide. He has also named 13 men who had allegedly lent the money.