A 27-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging in his quarter near GM colony on Sunday night. His family members have alleged torture by higher-ups as the reason behind his suicide, as he has been complaining about it for about a month.
Police said that Hira Lal Mandal, a resident of GM colony in Dhori area has been working as a mining sardar in the CCL, Kargali and used to complain of pressure and torture by his higher-ups.
His family members said that though he did not blame anyone for the alleged torture he used to tell them that he wanted to end his life. Mandal’s mother and his other family members had even advised him to quit the job.
The victim’s father Daso Mandal told police that Hira Lal was a very reserved person and never used to share his personal or professional life with friends and family. “This made it difficult for us to give him any support. We did not expect things to go so far,” he lamented.Around 9 pm on Sunday, Hira Lal Mandal went to of his room after dinner.
As he did not come for close to half-an-hour, his family members went there, they found that Mandal hanging from the ceiling fan using plastic rope. After being alerted, emergency rescue services staff of Dhori Regional hospital tried to give him first aid, but in vain. His body was then taken to the Bokaro Government hospital for postmortem.