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India man kills self over $13,000 electricity bill

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An Indian vegetable seller allegedly killed himself on Thursday after receiving an electric bill of nearly $13,000 (£9570) in the western state of Maharashtra.

Jagannath Shelke, 36, left behind a suicide note in which he said that the bill was "very high", his family told BBC Marathi.

Officials said the actual bill was just 2,800 rupees ($41.6).

His family alleges officials did not help him although he approached them.

They say he had made multiple trips to the state-run electricity board.

Police have lodged a complaint against an official of the electricity board for sending an incorrect bill. The board also suspended him after Shelke's note was widely circulated on social media_101296640_jagannath1.jpg

India man kills self over $13,000 electricity bill | Ecency