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Hurt by losing lakhs of rupees by betting on IPL in Lucknow, a real estate businessman committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of Janeshwar Enclave on Kursi Road on Thursday night. The incident created a sensation in the campus.

The police sent the injured to the trauma center, where the doctors declared him dead. A suicide note has also been recovered from the spot, in which there is mention of loss in betting. According to Inspector Gudamba Anjani Kumar Mishra, the deceased has been identified as Prabal Jain (32), resident of Mahmudabad, Sitapur. He along with his wife Shivani lived on rent in Om Prakash Srivastava’s flat D-1102 in Janeshwar Enclave. Shivani is the ground floor manager of a mall. Both of them got married about one and a half years ago.