Youth dies by suicide in Srinagar mosque

SRINAGAR — A 23-year-old youth hanged himself to death in a mosque in Shamsabad Bemina area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday.

An official quoted by the local news agency Kashmir Scroll said that a youth from Bijbehara town made an attempt to hang himself in a Masjid in Batamaloo Srinagar. However, soon after the incident, he was shifted to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

The reason behind taking this extreme step in a religious place like a mosque wasn’t immediately known.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started an investigation in this connection.