India, Sept. 19 -- A local businessman in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district pushed his car off the road into an overflowing river on September 5 to fake his death after he was unable to repay loans to the tune of Rs.1.4 crore, police said on Friday after tracking down the man in Maharashtra.

The police are yet to file any charges against the man, identified as Vishal Soni, son of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mahesh Soni.

"Vishal owned six trucks and two other vehicles and was unable to repay loans totalling over Rs.1.4 crores. Facing mounting financial pressure, he devised a plan to fake his death," said Akanksha Hada, police station in-charge, Sarnagpur.

On September 5, police received information that a car had been fo...