A 20-year-old boy on Friday allegedly committed suicide in Northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area after informing Delhi Police about his extreme step. The deceased had first called PCR and said, “I will commit suicide in the evening.” However, the Delhi Police said that before they could track down the location, they received a call from a local hospital Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital informing about a suicide case. later, they found out that the deceased was the same caller they were trying to track him.
Shahzad hanged himself from the ceiling fan of a godown located at A-Block of the area hours after he dialed 100 and warned of extreme step.
“The deceased made a PCR call around 6.30 pm informing about his decision to end life and disconnected the call…We tried calling back the number but the phone got switched off,” said a senior police officer.
“We were trying to track the location of the caller when around 10:30 pm a call was received from a local hospital of the area informing about the suicide case,” added the officer. A team of police officials rushed to the hospital. They later find out that the deceased was the same person who had informed them beforehand about his step.
According to police, a team of officers was deployed at the area to track down the location.
“Since K block is a huge neighbourhood spread far and wide, we formed and dispatched local teams from the Seelampur police station as well as the PCR van did thorough patrolling in the area,” said the officer.
The police team did not recover any suicide note. It is difficult to ascertain the reason for his extreme step. “We have not found any suicide note from the spot so it is difficult to establish the reason why he committed suicide. We are questioning family and friends,” said the officer privy to the case.