A 28-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan on Monday evening during a Facebook live session. The incident took place in Pataudi area, some 28 kilometres from Gururgam city. It is suspected that he committed suicide after a fight with his wife and children, the police said.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Amit Chauhan, a resident of Jatoli village in Pataudi area. Police said Chauhan and his wife Preeti had differences over some family issue. The couple has two girl children.
“Preeti left her in-laws home on Monday after a tiff with her husband and called her parents, who took her to their house in a village near Sohna,” the police said.
Meanwhile, his family claimed that Amit was not mentally fit and was undergoing treatment at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) Rohtak for a long period.
“The man hanged himself during a Facebook live at around 7 pm at his residence. One of his friends saw his suicide attempt on the Facebook live session and rushed to his house and informed his family members. When they broke upon the door Amit hanged himself from a ceiling fan,” Gurugram police spokesperson Subhash Boken said.
“The family cremated the body without informing Gurugram district police. A post examination was also not performed as the police was not aware of any such incident. The police came to know about the suicide thought Facebook at around 10 am, however by then the body had been cremated. His family members did not lodge any complaint in this regard. Further probe is underway to find the sequence of events that could have led Amit Chauhan to end his life ,” Boken said.