Palanpur: A 32-year-old man allegedly committed suicide due to fear getting infected with coronavirus. Manoj Kumar Kant, a resident of the Pahadpur village in Modasa taluka of Aravalli district, was found hanging from a tree on Thursday morning.
Relatives of the deceased informed that since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic Kant was living under the fear of contracting the disease.
“He would always express the fear that he was on the verge of catching this dreaded disease,” Haresh Kant, nephew of the deceased told police.
Kant, a mason by profession, was father of three kids including an eight-year-old girl, who kept asking the assembled relatives about her father throughout the day.