Drastic step: Three commit suicide in Hazara

The second case was reported from Ladarmang village in Haripur


Our Correspondent June 05, 2016

HARIPUR: At least three people reportedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Hazara Division on Sunday.

In the first incident, a woman committed suicide in Mohalla Afzalabad on Central Jail Road. She has been identified as 20-year-old Tahir Bibi. A police official told The Express Tribune the deceased’s family said she locked herself in her room on Saturday evening. Subsequently, the family heard a gunshot and broke into the room.

“They found her lying in an injured condition in her room,” the official said. According to the official, the family rushed her to Women and Children Hospital Haripur where doctors pronounced her dead.

The second case was reported from Ladarmang village in Haripur. According to a police official, 16-year-old Chanzeb consumed insecticide. The third suicide was reported from Chahan Bagnotar village in Abbottabad. Muhammad Khalid, 37, consumed rat poison and died on the spot.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2016.

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