Youth posts suicide note on Facebook, ends life

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 28

A 22-year-old youth working at Central Park Hotel in Sector 17, who reportedly took poison on June 26 after posting a suicide note on Facebook, died at the PGI today. 

The victim, identified as Rinku Gusain, a native of Uttarakhand, took poison at the hotel. The victim was a graduate and was working at the hotel for the past two years.

The victim’s brother was informed about the suicide attempt after which they rushed him to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, from where he was referred to the PGI.

Before taking the extreme step, the victim blamed the hotel owners for provoking him to take the extreme step.

In his suicide note posted on the social networking site on June 26, the victim alleged that he had been thrown out of the job, where he worked for 12 to 16 hours daily. The victim wrote that the hotel owner should be held responsible for his suicide. 

The victim has two elder brothers, who stay at Nayagaon. The victim’s father, Bhopal Singh, lodged a complaint at the Sector 17 police station today. 

The autopsy was conducted and the body handed over to the family. 

Inspector Uday Pal, SHO of the Sector 17 police station, said they had registered a case against the hotel management under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC.