Strap: Disowned by his parents, youth wanted to go abroad

Tribune News Service

Nawanshahr, July 22

A young couple committed suicide in Banga, Nawanshahr, on Wednesday, by consuming sulphas. According to the police, the couple, who had got married seven months ago, ended their life because they could not find appropriate jobs. SHO Banga Naresh Kumari said, “The man was 24 years of age and his wife was 22. He was in depression because he 'could not see his future' in the absence of any job. He wanted to go abroad. He had come from a foreign land already and had then got married.”

The police said a suicide note has also been found where the man stated that he was ending his life because there was no source of income for him. Both of them were taken to the hospital where they breathed their last.

The police further said the parents of the man were living abroad and had disowned their son long ago. “The deceased couple used to live here and there is no statement from the woman’s family as well. The postmortem was done and the case under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was registered,” the police official said.