Youth’s body found hanging from ceiling fan

Mohali, April 9

A 22-year-old youth, identified as Aradhya, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Astha Apartments in Pabhat village near Zirakpur on Friday.

Sources said the deceased committed suicide when only he and his seven-year-old brother were in the house. His younger brother saw the body hanging from a ceiling fan around 10 am and immediately informed the parents.

A police team, led by Zirakpur SHO Onkar Singh Brar, reached the site. The body has been kept at the mortuary of the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital where a post-mortem examination would be conducted tomorrow.

The Investigating Officer said no suicide note was recovered from the spot. He said the deceased had lost his job in December last year and was in depression. He said at the time of the incident, the father of the deceased had gone to his office while his mother had gone to someone’s house to give private coaching. — TNS