Two incidents of suicide shocked the Steel City on Wednesday. Suicides took place at separate places under Birsanagar and Olidih police station areas. In one of the incidents, a 22-year-old man Vinod Shao committed suicide by hanging self at his house in Olidih in Mango early morning, whereas in another incident, a 35-year-old bachelor Bir Ratan Guria committed suicide by hanging self at his house in Birsanagar.
The police have recovered both the bodies from Birsanagar and Olidih and sent them to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem. Officer-in-charge, Olidih police station Shusma Kumari said that Vinod committed suicide when his wife, mother and younger brother were doing their daily work at the house. Vinod brought a rope from his auto-rickshaw and shut himself in his room. His younger brother Durga broke open the door to find Vinod hanging from the ceiling fan.
The officer-in-charge Shusma said this to be a case of suicide and said they have seized the rope while recovering the body. She said the 22-year-old man committed suicide as he was not satisfied with behaviour of his wife. In the other incident of suicide, Bir Ratan, who worked as a storekeeper in Tata Main Hospital, committed suicide due to frustration with his life. According to relatives, Bir Ratan was a bachelor and would stay with his elder brother and elderly widow mother at his house in Birsanagar Zone No 2.
Assistant sub-inspector Sadan Prasad of Birsanagar police station said that they were were investigating the incident and this was a case of suicide. From the statement made by the family members, “We conclude this to be a case of suicide, but still we have sent the body to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem,” he added.