A youth committed suicide by hanging himself from ceiling of a temple in the city on Tuesday morning. The deceased identified as Gajendra Sharma (21) in his suicide note which he had written on his hand with 'mehndi' held temple priest responsible for his death.
The incident came to light on Tuesday morning when devotees who visited the temple to offer prayer, to their utter surprise found body of the deceased hanging from ceiling of the temple. They immediately informed about the matter to Malharganj police. Soon after receiving information, police reached the incident site, untied his body from the rope attached with the ceiling of temple.
As soon as his body was brought down on the temple floor, a suicide note written by him on his arm with 'mehndi' drew attention of the people wherein he had held temple priest Gopal Das Maharaj responsible for his death. `Who does not want to live but he (attributing to temple priest Gopal Das Maharaj) has prompted me to end my life', said the deceased in his suicide note written on his arm. Meanwhile, police have registered the case and initiated probe into matter.
According to Malharganj SI Shyam Singh Bahadur, the deceased had come to the city one year back from his native place Narsinghpur district. He had been taking lessons of priest from Gopaldas Maharaj at laal temple in Malharganj locality. Deceased's brother Mahendra Sharma alleged that his brother was being tortured by temple priest and it frustrated him to such an extent that ended his life. Meanwhile, temple priest denying charge against him adding that Gajendra was not alone, in fact there were other children as well who were taking lesson of priest from him. If I tortured him, he would have lodged a complaint with the police, which he did not, the temple priest said adding that a police inquiry into the matter would reveal the truth.