Migrant commits suicide at home quarantine in Uttar Pradesh

Migrant labour, hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district allegedly committed suicide at home quarantine on Thursday. His uncle claimed that the man was facing acute shortage of food and had a heated argument with his wife on Thursday morning.

Gonda:A 24-year-old man, who had returned from Delhi with his wife on May 15 and was in home-isolation, committed suicide by hanging on Thursday. The incident took place in Bhamaura village in Umri Begumganj area.

According to the uncle of the deceased, the man was working as a daily wage labourer in a factory in Delhi. He had recently returned to the village with his wife.

"They are facing a shortage of food at the makeshift quarantine centre. On Thursday, the deceased had a heated argument over the issue of food. Later, he committed suicide," said the uncle of the deceased.

SHO Atul Chaturvedi said that the couple was living in a hut outside the village and the man hanged himself after an argument with his wife. The wife had gone out when the man hanged himself.

The SHO said that their family house was rather small and the couple had set up a makeshift hut for the quarantine period. The body has been sent for postmortem, he said.

Former village head Brij Bihari Tiwari said that the man was from a poor family and was in depression due to financial crisis.

(With inputs from IANS)