Tippler commits suicide upset at not getting liquor during lockdown

A 50-year-old daily w worker here allegedly committed suicide as he was upset at t being able to get liquor after coronavirus lockdown and after struggling with withdrawal symptoms, police said on Saturday.

P Mhu jumped off a government residential building on Friday morning, y said. An alcoholic, he was earlier employed as a labourer in film industry, y said.

Police quoted family members as saying that he h been behaving oddly ever since lockdown began and could t get alcohol y said withdrawal symptoms of liquor might have driven him to take extreme step. Some of residents at building ticed body and informed police.

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