A 21-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling in his residence near Danish Kunj under Kolar police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, the victim Sonu Ahriwar was found hanging at his residence after which he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. A complaint was lodged with the Kolar police and after preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post-mortem. Subsequently the police have registered a case under 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
The autopsy report is awaited which could provide details of the death and help in investigation. No suicide note was recovered from the victim and the reason of the suicide remains unknown, told the police. The victim hails for Khandwa and used to work as a contract labour. He used to live with his family in a shanty near an under construction building in Danish Kunj.
locals have claimed that the victim used to consume liquor. On Wednesday when the family members left for their village on the occasion of Rakhsha Bandhan festival, he had consumed huge quantity of liquor and in the evening at around 9.30 he was found hanging in his house. However, it is a clear case of suicide but nothing could be ascertained at the moment, said police, adding that the family members have denied any foul play regarding death and told that he was not having any problem but used to drink a lot of liquor.