Two commit suicide
Dehradun: Two suicide cases have been reported in the two different police station areas on Thursday. A 14-year-old boy Nishant, resident of Meerut, who was studying in Class IX at a private school in Mussoorie. He committed suicide by hanging himself from a noose tied to the ceiling fan in hostel. Source said that he was scolded by school principal and his parents over a letter in which he had written to a girl acquaintance who in turn had complained to the school principal.
In Vikasnagar, a 24-year-old Masruka who had married six months ago committed suicide by jumping into the Shakti canal. Police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. Though the cause for suicide was not established at the time of this report being filed, it is suspected that domestic problems could have pushed her into taking the extreme step.
One dies under mysterious circumstances
Dehradun: A 36-year-old Patel Nagar resident, Raghuveer Singh Yadav, who was admitted to a de-addiction centre in Dharampur died a suspicious death on Thursday. Sources said that Yadav was admitted by his in-laws in this centre on September 8 to cure him of substance abuse. On Thursday morning, his condition started deteriorating and he was admitted in Doon Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Nehru Colony police station in-charge Abul Kalam said that police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. Investigation was on while this story was being filed. His family has alleged foul play in the death but so far no concrete evidence has been found to support this allegation.