Giridih trader's body found
Sudeep had sent a message to one of his friends on WhatsApp early Sunday morning, in which he had mentioned suicide.
The friend informed Sudeep's relative about the message, police added.
The officer-in-charge of the Nagar police station, Gyan Ranjan, said, "We found a suicide note near the body mentioning land matters and financial distress. The post-mortem report is awaited."
Family members told police that Sudeep had dropped his wife in Kolkata on July 22 to stay with their son.
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