Tag: Suicide

Bhawanipatna: Body of a man was found hanging on the premises of sub-collector’s office today in Dharamgarh of Kalahandi district. The deceased has been identified as Bhudev Bagarti and it is being suspected that the man would have hanged himself during the midnight hours. According to sources, Bagarti, who was running a food stall near […]

Balasore: Close on the heels of Supreme Court’s landmark decision to scrap section 377, a female student in Odisha who was allegedly in a same sex relationship, committed suicide in Nilagiri area of Balasore after her partner refused to marry her. The deceased has been identified as Sasmita Dey, a Plus-III final year student of […]

Jajpur: A married couple allegedly committed suicide by consuming posion following the death of their 8-year-old son. The deceased have been identified as Pravat Jena and Pravati Jena of Udrang village under Binjharpur block of Jajpur. Both the wife and husband were immediately shifted to Jajpur District Medical Headquarters in a critical condition. However, both […]

Bhubaneswar: A lady home guard attempted suicide near Lower PMG square in Bhubaneswar by setting herself on fire after pouring kerosene over her. Later, the woman was rescued by police. According to sources, she took the extreme step alleging that the Deputy Commissioner of Police had stopped assigning work to her. Earlier, she had attempted […]

Bolangir: Body of a student of government polytechnic in Bolangir was found hanging inside a house situated in Shantipada area of the district today. The deceased student has been identified as Chandrasekhar Behera, who was a final year diploma student. According to sources, it is suspected that the student has committed suicide using a rope […]

Khurda: A Plus-II student of Prananath Autonomous College allegedly committed suicide in Khurda after being forced to pursue Science course by her family members. The deceased has been identified as Swapnapriya Baliarsingh, a resident of Jankia Gadasahi village under Kanas Police limits of Khurda district. Her body was found hanging inside a private hostel yesterday. […]

Jajpur: Body of a girl was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a girl’s hostel in Chhatia under Bairi police limits in the district on Wednesday evening. As per reports, the deceased was studying in a residential college near Tangi and a native of Ichhapur village under Mangalpur police limits in the district. Sources […]

Jajpur: A debt-ridden farmer of Mangrajpur village under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district allegedly committed suicide late last night by hanging himself with a rope from a tree in the backyard of his house. The deceased, identified as Gauranga Bala was under mental stress as he was unable to repay loan. He had reportedly taken […]

Titlagarh: A farmer has allegedly committed suicide in Madiguda village under Bhabanipatna block in Kalahandi district. The deceased Bahadur Rana had consumed pesticides yesterday and died while undergoing treatment at Titlagarh hospital today. “He consumed pesticides at his agriculture field yesterday as the crops failed,” said Makarand Rana, son of the deceased. According to reports, […]

Balasore: A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife over family feud in Bahanaga block of Balasore. The deceased have been identified as Buddhiram Majhi and his wife Tulasi Kumari. As per reports, the couple entered an argument over some issue yesterday night. Following a heated exchange of words, Majhi became violent and beat […]

Bhubaneswar: A youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself using his girlfriend’s dupatta in a guest house at Patia in Bhubaneswar today. The deceased identified as Amit Jena from Dhenkanal, had checked in with his girlfriend today, said the manager of the guest house. The couple had stayed in the said guest house two-three times […]

Bhubaneswar: A youth today slit the throat of a newly-wed woman and later tried to kill himself in Bhanjanagar of Ganjam district. As per sources, the youth, a resident of Karadabadi village under Buguda police limits allegedly barged into the house of the newly-wed woman who had come to her maternal place along with her […]

Cuttack: A minor girl was found hanging from the ceiling of her house under Tangi police limits in the district late last night. As per reports, the family belonged to Kanmira village but had been living in a rented house at Badheisahi. The girl is suspected to have committed suicide over regular disturbances going on […]

Bhadrak/Paradip:  As many as 2 cases of suicide by rape accused were reported from separate places in Odisha today. In Bhadrak, a man allegedly committed suicide today after raping a minor girl in Dhamnagar town. According to sources, the man raped a minor girl who was returning from her tuition class yesterday evening. A day […]

Kendrapada: In a bizarre incident, a woman in Marsaghai area of Kendrapara allegedly possessed by the ghost of her deceased husband has narrated how her hubby was murdered and did not commit suicide. The deceased identified as Subodh Nayak was found hanging from an electric pole on July 2.  However, after 6 days, family members […]