FIR registered against ECL Finance, Edelweiss Group officials in Nitin Desai suicide case

FIR registered against ECL Finance, Edelweiss Group officials in Nitin Desai suicide case

Mumbai, Aug 4 (PTI) Raigad police in Maharashtra on Friday registered an offence against five persons including officials of ECL Finance and Edelweiss Group for alleged abetment of art director Nitin Desai's suicide.

A First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) at Khalapur police station based on a complaint filed by Desai's wife Neha Desai, an official said.

Her husband was facing repeated mental harassment in connection with the loans his company had taken and he committed suicide because of it, the complaint alleged.