A man allegedly slit his throat on Friday night "due to fear of police" after his wife approached the local police station with a complaint against him, his relative said on Saturday.
The victim, Rajesh of Premganj Mohalla in Bangarmau Kotwali area of Unnao district was shifted to the community health centre in Bangarmau from where he was referred to the Unnao district hospital in a critical condition, said Dr Ashok Verma, who attended to Rajesh at the CHC Bangarmau.
According to a relative of Rajesh, the latter's wife had recently approached the local police station with a complaint after an argument with Rajesh. Following the complaint, the cops from the local police station visited Rajesh's house for questioning after which he was "terrified", said the relative.
He said that Rajesh had also called his parents living in Chandigarh about the argument. However, before the parents could reach Unnao, Rajesh took the extreme step and slit his throat, the relative added.
A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile in Saharanpur, three labourers died and one was injured as a high tension electricity wire fell on them on Saturday, police said.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Suraj Rai said that the men had arrived at a person's farm in Madnuki village under Rampur Maniharan police station to cut a tree when the incident took place.
The deceased were identified as Saddam (32), Naushad (30) and Ajay. Injured Arif was referred to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, for treatment, police said.
In another tragic incident, the 17-year-old son of a senior state goods and services tax (GST) official died after allegedly falling off the eighth floor of a building in which his family was living in Jhansi. The boy's family stayed on the fourth floor. His parents were in New Delhi to attend a family function when the incident took place last Friday night.
Police said, the deceased was a class 12 student and his 12-year-old sister was in the flat when the incident happened. Police said the incident looked like a case of suicide but further probe was being conducted.
The building guard, who found the boy lying on the ground and bleeding profusely, informed others in the building and rushed the boy to the medical college where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Initial investigation revealed that the boy was seen speaking to someone over phone till late night in the CCTV footage that the police have retrieved.
Police said they found the word 'sorry' written on the floor covered with dust while the boy's mobile phone was found placed on the grill on the eighth floor from where the police suspect that he fell down.
His phone records showed that he made two calls to two of his friends before the incident.
Senior Superintendent of Police at Jhansi, Shiv Hari Meena, said the police were looking into the case.