A 36-year-old businessman Satyajit Choudhary hanged himself to death in his house at the Shradhanand Road under Kotwali Police Station on Sunday night soon after his father consumed around 30 sleeping pills in a bid to end his life.
The father Susant Choudhary took the extreme steps as he was frustrated by Satyajit’s habit of consuming sleeping pills and drugs and take up fights with family members.
Susant was rushed to the hospital where is put under ventilator. His condition is stated to be critical. Soon after Susant was admitted in the hospital, Satyajit hanged himself to death from the ceiling fan in his room using the bed sheet.
The police have lodged a case of unnatural death on the statement Anisha Choudhary, wife of Satyajit. She said that her husband, who ran a medicine store, has an argument with her father-in-law on the drug issue at around 8 PM on Sunday. She added her father-in-law took the sleeping pills out of frustration and was rushed to the hospital. She added her husband locked himself in a room and committed suicide when she went to another section of the house.
Shyamanand Mandal, officer in-charge of the Kotwali police station said, “The father is under treatment in the hospital. He has been kept under ventilator and is in serious condition”.