A few days after a tourist had committed suicide in a hotel room, a similar incident was reported on Sunday night from another hotel in Haridwar. These incidents have raised the concerns of the officials of the administration as awell as the residents of the holy city when the Ardh Kumbh Mela is going on with thousands thronging to participate in the mega festival.
The body of the deceased was handed over to his family members on Monday by the local police. The locals say they are worried with the holy city Haridwar fast gaining the dubious distinction of being a suicide hot- spot. “They are black spots on the fair face of Haridwar. Things happening when the mela is on are all the more worrisome,” said a priest.
Police said that a 28- year -old man hailing from Greater Noida had committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel room on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Sunny Tyagi , a resident of Mandi Shyampur under jurisdiction of Dankor police station of Greater Noida. Police have recovered a suicide note from the room wherein he stayed. The suicide note revealed that Sunny was upset after his engagement was broken. After the autopsy was done the body was handed over to his parents.
According to the police, Sunny had come to Haridwar on Saturday morning. He had stayed in a hotel located at Har Ki Pauri area near Haridwar police station. He was supposed to check out on Sunday evening. When he did not come out from his room as he had said he would the staff members of the hotel got suspicious and broke open the door to find the youth hanging from the ceiling. On getting the information, police rushed to the hotel and recovered a suicide note from the room.
Speaking to The Pioneer, SHO Haridwar police station, Mahender Singh Negi said, “We recovered a suicide note from the room where the youth committed suicide. The note says he was ending his life as his engagement had been broken. In the suicide note, Sunny also apologized to his parents for not having fulfilled their wishes.”