Three more suicides reported from Thar
The incidents of suicides continue to put Tharparkar on the map time and again as the factors compelling the people to take their own lives remain unaddressed.
Three more deaths, including of a man and two women in separate occurrences, were reported on Monday. According to a police, a young man Daulat Kohli son of Jaman Kohli hanged himself against a tree in village Sondhani after reportedly developing some dispute with his father.
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A married woman, 30 years old Nageena Khaku, jumped in a well in Kantio village in Chailhar while another married woman, 35 years old Devi wife of Gianchand Meghwadh also ended her life. The police could not immediately ascertain causes of death of the two women even though the bodies were shifted to the hospital for medico legal formalities before being handed over to the families for the last rituals.
The mental health authority in Sindh concluded a five-year study of suicides in which Tharparkar emerged as the district with the highest number of reported cases.
According to the report, one of the major reasons of the suicide was watta satta (barter) marriages, forced marriage, social transformation, sexual exploitation, drug addiction and depression.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 13th 2024.