Man fails to pay phone instalments, commits suicide

A man committed suicide after failing to pay installments for his mobile phone.

The deceased, 30-year-old Yasir Kharl, purchased a mobile phone on installments from a Karachi-based seller who reportedly kept harassing Yasir for missing a payment, and even pressured him with the help of police. The deceased, married and a father of two children, became distressed over his inability to pay the installments and committed suicide.

Medical Superintendent of District Headquarters Hospital, Dr Barkat Laghari, reported that Yasir consumed poison and was brought to the hospital where duty doctors provided him medical aid. After his condition seemingly improved, the people accompanying Yasir were advised to transfer him to Civil Hospital Hyderabad. However, they took him home instead. A few hours later, they brought him back, claiming he had stomach pain, but by that time, Yasir had already passed away.