Spate of suicides in city

Five persons committed suicide across the city and on the fringes in the past 24 hours, with police suspecting that three of them ended their lives after failing to cope with depression and loneliness.

Nibha Roy, a 73-year-old widow, killed herself by jumping into the well of her house in Bally on Friday morning.

“Her husband died eight years ago and her daughter teaches at a US university,” said a police officer. Relatives said Nibha had been lonely since daughter Rita, her only child, moved to the US two years ago.

Cops suspect Nibha jumped into the well around 8.30am, after her attendant had left for market.

Prakashani Nayek, a KMC employee, was found hanging in her third-floor office on Friday morning. Nayek, 29, had got the job after her father died in harness one-and-a-half years ago. Police suspect she had been depressed over a personal problem.

Tapan Nag, 56, killed himself by jumping in front of a Metro Railway train at Netaji Bhavan station. Police said the Behala resident was a cancer patient and had been depressed. Metro services were disrupted from 2.07pm to 2.50pm between Maidan and Tollygunge.

A young couple who got married eight months ago ended their lives by hanging themselves from the ceiling fan of their house in Baksara, Howrah. Wife Purnima, 19, was three months pregnant. Husband Prabir, 35, worked in a hosiery factory.

Purnima’s relatives lodged a police complaint alleging that she used to be tortured by Prabir’s sister and her family members for dowry. The accused have been arrested.


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