Fearing social stigma after his 17-year-old daughter eloped, a 46-year-old man committed suicide by hanging with the tree at Eithkhedi forest on Saturday.
According to police, the deceased Shivcharan was declared dead when he was rushed to a nearby hospital after he was found hanging. Police were informed and based on the receipt a team reached and started investigation. The deceased hailed from Sehore.
In the initial investigation it was found that the deceased went outside at around 10 in the morning and he was found hanging late in the evening by his family.
Police have found that deceased and his wife were staying at his younger brother’s house in Eintkhedi for the past two weeks. Around 15 days ago daughter of deceased eloped with son of his relative and a missing complaint was lodged with the police.
After the incident deceased came to his brother’s house in Eintkhedi and started to search for his daughter.
He found that she was not kidnapped or went missing but has eloped with a boy who happens to her cousin.
The deceased got depressed after he found the information and on Saturday morning he left house to search for his daughter and failed to return till late evening after which his family started to search for him and found him hanging with a tree.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered.