Man allegedly commits suicide

Victim swallowed poisonous pills

THEKRI WALA:

After a quarrel with his father, a rickshaw driver committed suicide by swallowing poisonous pills.

Police handed over the body to his heirs after taking necessary action.

According to the incident, Sarfraz Ahmed, a 20-year-old rickshaw driver from Allahabad area of Saddar police station, allegedly stole the luggage of a man returning to Dubai a few days ago while taking him on a rickshaw.

Sarfraz kept the bag in his house when his father allegedly stole it and took out valuable domestic and foreign currency and other items from it on which Sarfraz got into a quarrel with his father Muhammad Ali so his father allegedly tortured him due to which the rickshaw driver Sarfraz got upset and swallowed poisonous pills.

When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the Civil Hospital where he died.

Last year in March a man had reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife and three children due to poverty in Rahim Yar Khan.

Police said Ram Chand, a resident of Chak 135, committed suicide by cutting his vein after killing his wife and three children with a sharp instrument due to domestic disputes over poverty. Police took the bodies into custody and transported them to a hospital for autopsy.

After the medical and legal procedures were completed, the last rites of the five members of the same family were performed at Patan Minara cemetery.

A murder case had been registered on the complaint of Tirtha Ram against his brother-in-law Ram Chand, while the police started investigating the incident.

Ram Chand was a resident of Chak 135P. He used to work as a tailor.

He was poor because he had not worked for a long time and was frustrated by the quarrels within the family.

On the night of the incident, he allegedly cut the throats of his wife and three children with a sharp instrument. After that, Ram Chand himself cut his veins with the murder weapon.

When the neighbours did not receive a response after repeated knocks on the door in the morning, they broke it down with the help of other locals and found the woman and children dead, while Ram Chand was critically injured.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2022.