Borivali Man Jumps to Avoid Auto Loan

Talk about drastic measures to avoid paying your car loan…

Rakesh Gulab Singh was fleeing police when he leapt to his death from a running train. Singh was being pursued by police because he had defaulted on his car loan. Singh was a resident of Rawalpada in Borivali, and had defaulted on a car loan for Rs 4.5 lakh and was being pursued so that the police could get the car back.

The lender, Global Finances, Inc. had tried to get Singh to pay the car loan, but Singh did not, which led to the company contacting the police to gain the car back. The police originally arrested the man on May 23rd.

Then Singh told the police that a relative had the car, and they were located in Mirzapur. On May 26th the police took Singh to go recover the car from his relatives. They boarded the Kamyani Express bound for Mirzapur. However, on May 27th, while on board the train, Singh told the police he had to use the restroom, and made a break for it. He jumped off of the running train near the Manikpur train station.

Singh was injured and taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. It is assumed that Singh was merely trying to escape, but it is not known whether or not he actually intended to kill himself to escape the car loan debt and the recovery of the car.

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