Image used for representational purpose onlyKOTA: A 40-year-old drunk man hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his room on intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at Dabhadeh village under Modak police station in Kota district.
The police lodged a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of CrPC and handed over the body to family members after post-mortem on Thursday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Phoolchand Odde, a resident of Dabhadeh village in Kota.
Modak police station SHO Bharat Singh said odde had been consuming liquor in his house for the last two days.
Therefore, he didn’t accompany his wife who went to attend a condolence meeting at her parental home in Bundi.
He was sleeping with his 14-year-old son in the room where he committed suicide in the night. In the morning, his son saw him hanging and told the neighbours who informed the police, he said.
Singh said, the reason of suicide suicide would be ascertained only after receipt of post-mortem report and completion of investigation into the matter.
Further investigations are continuing.