Youth died by suicide after losing job during lockdown, family says

A 26-year-old man, who lost his job at a factory in Dhaka due to the lockdown imposed to curb Covid-19 surge, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room early today in Rajshahi. Family members and police suspect he died by suicide.

The deceased Khokon Hossain returned to his Bashbari village home, under Rajshahi's Puthia upazila, after he lost his job amid the ongoing lockdown. 

Family members found Khokon's door locked from inside early today and there was no response from him despite repeated calls.

His father saw him hanging from the ceiling fan as he looked through a window. Later the family members broke into his room and recovered the body.

Khokon lost his job in Dhaka and came back home. His wife left him over a family dispute. He was frustrated over these reasons and might have died by suicide because of it, said his father.

The couple has a child, he said.

The body was not sent for autopsy as per wishes of the family, said Puthia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sohorawardy Hossain.

However, an unnatural death case was filed, he said.