A 17-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at his Sundar Nagar residence under Ashoka Garden police station area on Tuesday.
The victim Dinesh Ashudani was found hanging and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The reason behind the suicide was not found in the preliminary investigation and circumstantial evidences suggest that the deceased died under suspicious circumstances.
Death was reported after resident of the same building where the deceased used to live found deceased hanging and informed the police.
Investigating Officer ASI KS Bhati said that for past one year, the deceased was living separately from his parents who live in Subhash Nagar. He used to work as an auto-rickshaw driver.
The locals and neighbours would be questioned during the further investigation and which would help in revealing the reason behind the extreme step taken by the deceased, police added.
Details of death could be found after receiving the post mortem report. Statements of family members are yet to be recorded. Police have not yet recovered any suicide note which would help in revealing the reason behind the
suicide.
A neighbour had informed the police after spotting the deceased hanging at around 7.30 am. On the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and after the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem.
The police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC.