28-year-old banker quits job, hangs self in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: A 28-year-old assistant manager at a bank committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his rented accommodation in Aadilnagar area of the city. The incident came to light on Tuesday after his post-mortem examination was conducted, said the police.

Police said that Manish Singh worked as an assistant manager. Police said that the victim's wife Sarika Singh claimed that he had resigned a few days ago as he was not happy with his job and was depressed.

SHO Gudamba, Nitish Kumar said that the couple, originally from Gorakhpur, was childless. They had a love marriage and in February they settled in Lucknow after leaving Kolkata where the man was working in a bank.

"We got information from the owner of the house around 2:40 pm that a man was found hanging inside a room in his rented accommodation. A police team reached within 10-15 minutes. We found the door of the room locked, following which it was broken and the body was brought down and sent for post-mortem examination. No suicide note was found at the spot," said a police officer.

"The victim's wife Sarika, in her statement to the police, said that she had gone in search of a job as her husband was jobless for the past few days and was in a state of depression. When she came back she found that the door was locked from inside," said a senior officer privy to the probe.

Kumar said that the post-mortem revealed asphyxia caused by hanging. "Sarika took the body to Gorakhpur for the last rites," he said. The kin did not raise a complaint in the case.


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