A 63-year-old retired Army veteran allegedly died by suicide outside the residence of a woman he accused of cheating him in a property transaction involving nearly ₹5 crore, triggering a criminal investigation into alleged financial fraud, intimidation, and abetment of suicide in Haryana’s Hisar district.
The tragic incident has sparked widespread anger among ex-servicemen organizations in the region, who are demanding an immediate, transparent investigation into the underlying financial syndicate.
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The Discovery in Vikas Nagar
The incident came to light on Saturday morning when the body of the veteran, identified as Sunder Panghal, was discovered outside a residence in Hansi’s Vikas Nagar area. Panghal, a resident of Hisar Cantonment and a native of Bhagana village, had transitioned into real estate investments and local property dealing following his retirement from military service.
According to preliminary medical examinations and law enforcement statements, the veteran consumed a lethal poisonous substance directly outside the gate of the property. The house where the body was located belongs to the central accused, whom Panghal held directly responsible for his severe financial ruin.
The Mechanics of the Fake Repayment Deeds
According to a detailed statement provided by the deceased’s son, advocate Manjeet, Panghal had been systematically trapped inside a multi-crore real estate transaction loop. The transaction involved a staggering total net value of nearly ₹5 crore, which the veteran had transferred using a combination of direct cash disbursements and formal bank account routing codes.
When Panghal initiated recovery procedures due to project completion failures, the accused allegedly issued a series of financial agreements and settlement documents as official collateral. Subsequent forensic verifications by legal teams revealed that these property documents were completely fraudulent and legally worthless, leaving the veteran with no valid avenue to recover his life savings.
Abetment Case Lodged Under City Hansi Jurisdiction
A handwritten suicide note recovered from the pocket of Panghal’s attire has become the central piece of evidence for the prosecution. The note explicitly names four individuals: a local resident named Poonam, her father-in-law Hoshiyar Singh, her mother-in-law, and a personal family driver. The note accuses the named individuals of utilizing their local administrative influence to stall legal accountability while subjecting the victim to continuous mental harassment and physical threats.
Following the recovery of the note, Additional SHO Balwan Singh of the City Hansi police station confirmed that a formal FIR has been registered against the four accused under statutory criminal sections relating to the abetment of suicide.
Scrutinizing the Multi-Crore Financial Trail
Specialized cyber cell analysts and financial fraud investigators have officially taken over the case files to reconstruct the complete transaction timeline. Police teams are tracking historical bank ledgers, processing data mirrors from the suspects’ personal mobile devices, and reviewing local sub-registrar files to map how the siphoned ₹5 crore was distributed across secondary property investments or mule accounts.
Local police commands have deployed static enforcement teams to track down the named suspects, who reportedly went underground immediately after the discovery of the veteran’s body.
