Two men commit suicide in Mohali

MOHALI: A 52-year-old Rajasthan man and a 22-year-old Haryana man committed suicide in two separate cases in Mohali on Wednesday.

In the first case, the victim was working under a local contractor for the last 30 years and had been living alone, said the police.

On Wednesday morning, when another contractor reached the victim’s room, he found him hanging from a ceiling fan. Police said a suicide note was recovered in which the victim had written that he was taking the extreme step following mental stress.

In the second case, a 22-yearold youth hanged himself from a ladder on the terrace at his paying guest accommodation in Phase 11 on Wednesday evening.

The victim was working in a private company at Bestech Towers in Sector 66 here. The suicide was captured on CCTV camera.The victim’s friends said he had been in his room all day due to a weekly holiday. Inquest proceedings were initiated.HTC