Barber facing financial crunch amid lockdown attempts suicide with scissors

Cops rush him to hospital after locals call police control room

Unable to do business during the lockdown and crippled due to ensuing financial crunch, a city-based barber allegedly attempted to take his own life on Tuesday evening. According to the police, he left his home in the evening and went inside a public toilet and hurt himself with a pair of his work scissors. Cops rushed to the spot after a few locals alerted them about the gruesome incident.

Their attempts to hail an ambulance, however, failed as they could not connect to any vehicle. Police constables Dutta Gengje, Praveen Shinde and Kishore Shikare then ferried the man to a hospital in a police mobile van and got him admitted for treatment.

Identified as Jairam Gaikwad, the barber locked himself in the public toilet and injured himself in the stomach with the scissors. When cops reached the spot, they found the man lying on the floor of the loo in an unconscious state.

Police officials dialled 108 to fetch an ambulance but to no avail. They then rushed Gaikwad to Aundh General Hospital in the police mobile van and also informed his family members about the incident.

Elaborating on the matter, Gengje said, “The person was found soaked in blood in an unconscious condition in a public toilet in Aundh Gaon. Local citizens called the police control room to alert about the incident. We received a call from the control room and immediately reached the scene. Gaikwad was bleeding from his stomach. We waited for an ambulance for half an hour. Unwilling to waste any more time, we informed our seniors about the situation. There is always a stretcher kept in these mobile vans. We put Gaikwad on the stretcher and took him to the hospital.”

Gaikwad’s family informed that he worked as a hairdresser, cops said. Due to lack of work for the past couple of months, he was quite upset, they informed the officials. Gaikwad is undergoing treatment.