Inspector JD Parmar of Bhaktinagar police station said they were on the lookout to apprehend the accused persons, who have been booked for abetment to suicide, extortion, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace and under sections of the Gujarat Moneylenders Act. (File)

A married couple from Rajkot allegedly died by suicide on Monday over harassment from their lenders, from whom they were said to have borrowed at least Rs 10 lakh, police said.

Ramesh and Bharti Chavda, said to be in their late 30s, were allegedly harassed even after paying back Rs 37.2 lakh and putting their car as collateral for one of the loans, according to a police complaint filed by Ramesh’s father, Mavji Kanji Chavda, 68. The couple owned a garlic peeling business.

In his complaint, Mavji said his son picked him up from home around 5 pm on October 25, and they then visited his nephew. There, Ramesh asked his cousin to lend him Rs 8 lakh.…