30-year-old nun dies by suicide in Faridkot

Faridkot/Jalandhar, Dec 1

A 30-year-old nun allegedly committed suicide at her convent chapel in Sadiq of Faridkot district on Tuesday. She was identified as Sister Mary Mercy of Alappuzha, Kerala.

The body of the nun, who belonged to Franciscan Immaculatine Sisters, an Italian congregation founded in 1881, was found hanging from the window of the convent chapel on Tuesday morning, the police said.

They said they had recovered a suicide note, written in Malayalam, at the apartment where she was staying. She had written that she wanted to end her life due to loneliness and depression. She apologised to her parents, companion sisters and chaplin for taking the extreme step and not continuing to fulfill her commitment to serve the church till the end of her life, the police said.

An autopsy was performed at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital and asphyxiation due to hanging was found to be the prima facie cause of her death.

The body has been handed over to a father in the church to be further taken to her home town at Arthunkal in Alappuzha district in Kerala for cremation, said the police.

The police have started inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC, said Chamkaur Singh, SHO Sadiq. SSP, Faridkot, Varun Sharma, however, said investigations were underway to ascertain the circumstances that led her to take the step. — TNS