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A Mathura-based mason ended his life after his family refused to allow him to enter his parental house in Bareilly due to coronavirus scare.
The police sent the body for autopsy and were probing the death.
As per reports, Ravi Singh of Badhariya hamlet of Sirsa (Bareilly) used to work as a mason in Mathura. Due to lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Ravi returned to his Bareilly home on Wednesday evening.
Since he had symptoms of flue with fever and congestion, his wife refused him entry into the house and asked him to first take a bath and clean himself. Upset by his wife’s behaviour, Ravi left his home.
Late in the evening, an inebriated Ravi called up his wife and told her that he was going to end his life. Taking him for being drunk, the wife did not take the threat seriously. But when Ravi did nor return till late in the night, she and her family members along with neighbours started looking for him and informed the police about it. Efforts were also made to contact him over his cell phone, but it was switched off.
After searching through the night, the family members finally found Ravi’s body hanging from a tree in Katka Bharat jungles on Thursday morning.
The police later rushed to the spot and sent the body for autopsy and started investigation.
Meanwhile in Ballia, a man and his son were detained by the police after being found carrying the body of a girl to immerse it in a river to carry out the last rites.
Surendra Verma of Tengarhi hamlet of Ramgarh and his son Nilesh were detained by the police for carrying the body of the 17-year-old girl on Thursday morning.
Verma said that the deceased was her daughter Priti and had died of illness. He also gave her medical history and said that she was being treated for neurological problems in Varanasi Medical College. He also produced medical documents to buttress his claim.
Verma said that she fell ill two days back and was taken to a community health centre (CHC) where doctors asked him to take her home. However, on Thursday morning, she fell ill and complained of breathlessness and they were taking her to Varanasi but she died on way.
He said that instead of taking back the body to home, they decided to immerse it in the river Ganga as the last rites. Verma said that he and his son were waiting for other family members when the police arrived.
Suspecting the death to be due to coronavirus, the police sent the body for autopsy.