23-year-old youth found hanged inside home in Kupwara

SRINAGAR — A 23-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside his home at Warsun area of Kralpora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday.

Bashir Ahmad Ganai son of Abdul Khaliq Ganai hanged himself inside his home on late last night, reports said.

The family members of the youth, after spotting him hanging inside the room, immediately rushed him to the Sub-District hospital Kupwara where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

A police officer when contacted also confirmed the incident.

Bashir was a Sumo driver by profession and it was not immediately known as to why he took this extreme step, the official said.

He said that a case under 174 CrPc has been initiated and further investigations have been taken up in this regard.