Unable to cope up with the death of his wife a few days back, a 30-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his rented accommodation in Kailash Nagar of Gandhi Nagar area on Sunday.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Vijay. He used to work as a tailor in a factory. Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) said that police have recovered a suicide note from the possession of the deceased in which he had mentioned that after his wife died on March 22, he was not able to take care of their one year old son.
"In the suicide note, the deceased has mentioned that after his wife ended her life a few days ago, he was facing difficulty in handling the household and in raising their one year old son. He was under depression and used to feel alone. Moreover, looking at his child crying for his dead mother, he could not bear the pain and therefore, Vijay took the extreme son," said a senior police officer.
Police said that they received a PCR call at around 9.45 am when brother of the deceased called claiming that Vijay was found to be hanging from the ceiling fan using a cloth.
Family of the deceased claimed that Vijay was under depression. Vijay had got married to his wife in lucknow four years ago. After marriage, he shifted to Delhi and was living with his wife and child in the first floor of the rented house while his brother lived at the ground floor of the same building, said police on Sunday.
Police said that they have registered a case under Inquest Proceedings at the Gandhi Nagar police station. Further investigation is underway.