A Debt-ridden, depressed fruit hawker in Thane ended his life on Saturday evening, after months of struggling to make ends meet following BMC's action on stalls outside Mulund railway station, one of which was his. The deceased, identified as Chandrakant Sonawane, 45, is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Chandrakant, a resident of Lokmanya Nagar in Thane, had been selling fruits at Mulund for the last 20 years. However, three to four months ago, he began facing problems as BMC authorities weren't allowing hawkers near the station.