Railway employee in Kota kills self while on video call, probe underway
Kota (PTI): A 27-year-old Indian Railway employee allegedly took his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan while on a video call, the police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred late on Saturday night when the victim, identified as Ravi Kumar, a junior clerk in the Indian Railways posted at the Kota junction, died by suicide in his residence in the Bhimganjmandi Police Station area.
The police rushed to the scene after receiving information about the suicide from Kumar's landlord, and later informed his family in Madhya Pradesh about his death.
No suicide note was recovered from the deceased's room, and the reason behind his extreme step is yet to be ascertained, the police said.
Kumar, hailing from Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, lived in a rented accommodation in the city, Bhimganjmandi Police Station SHO Ramkishan Godara said.
While the identity of the person Kumar was on video call with while he took his life is yet to be confirmed, the cell phone used by him has been taken for investigation, the SHO noted further.
Upon the arrival of Kumar's family members on Sunday morning, the body was taken down in their presence and transported to the MBS hospital for post-mortem, the officer stated.
Kumar's family members claimed he was living happily and did not mention any possible reasons for his extreme step.
According to the family, Kumar joined the service in the Indian Railways as a junior clerk two years ago and had been serving at the Kota Railway junction for the last three months, the SHO said.
The police stated that they handed over the body to family members after the post-mortem on Sunday and lodged a case to investigate the matter.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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RCB beat DC by 9 wickets in IPL
New Delhi (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their impressive run, thrashing Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in their IPL match here on Monday.
Opting to bowl, pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) and Josh Hazlewood (4/12) shared seven wickets, while Rasikh Salam Dar (1/21) and Syuash Sharma (1/7) also contributed as RCB bowled out DC for 75 -- lowest score of this season.
For DC, Abishek Porel (30), David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) provided some respectability to the total after being reduced to 8 for 6 in 4th over.
In reply, Devdutt Padikkal (34), Jacob Bethell (20) and Virat Kohli (23) completed the chase in 6.3 overs.
Brief Score:
DC: 75 all-out in 16.3 overs (Abishek Porel 30; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/5, Josh Hazlewood 4/12).
RCB: 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 34; Kyle Jamieson 1/42).
