Shocked over the death of his father, son ended his life by hanging himself at his house at Gandhi Nagar under Dhansar police station in Dhanbad last night, police said.
The deceased Mukesh Agarwal (32) was depressed after the death of his father Mahabir Agarwal. His father died last Wednesday. Mukesh was also reeling under acute financial crisis and irked over the incident, Mukseh committed suicide, said OC of Dhansar police station.
“Mukseh was working in a private firm at Dhanbad. At around 8 pm, Mukseh rushed to the house and went into his room straight and locked the door, said RK Agarwal, a relative of the deceased. A few hours later when I knocked on the door, he did not open it. Later with the help of neighbours, we broke the door, found Mukesh hanging from the ceiling,” he added.
Immediately, we rushed him to the local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, said Agarwal.
Following a series of incidents, Sangeeta Devi (wife of the deceased) also tried to commit suicide. While attempting to commit suicide, she cut his veins (hands). Soon after the incident, she was immediately rushed to the hospital where her condition is said to be stable, said a family member.
Parents, neighbours and his friends are in a state of shock after a series of incidents. Police recovered the body and sent for postmortem. “A UD (unnatural Death) case has been registered and we are investigating the matter,” said P Pandey in-charge of the local police station.