Published 14:08 IST, April 13th 2020
Man suspected of having Coronavirus commits suicide at quarantine centre in Noida
There have been reports of the manner in which the staff at the entre were behaving with the patients at the centre but these complaints have been ignored
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A person who was suspected of having coronavirus committed suicide after jumping from the roof of a quarantine home in Greater Noida.
Man commits suicide
The 32-year-old man, a resident of Noida, was quarantined at Galgotia college and authorities have stated that an inquiry has been initiated and that they are waiting for other reports.
There have been multiple complaints regarding the manner in which the staff at the centre was behaving with patients but these complaints have been repeatedly ignored.
Previous incidents
A 21-year-old man under home quarantine allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday. The victim hanged himself from the ceiling at his house in Khindriya village under Chapar police station limits on Friday evening as per SHO Pawan Sharma.
"The exact reason behind the suicide is not yet clear," he said. The station house officer said Ashu was home quarantined after he returned from Chandigarh during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of COVID-19. The victim got married nine months ago and was working in Chandigarh according to Sharma.
In Maharashtra, a 30-year-old migrant worker from Assam, who had tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and was undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Akola city allegedly slit his throat early on Saturday, officials said. The victim, a migrant labourer from Nagaon district of Assam, had been admitted to the isolation ward of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on April 7. He had tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, a senior official of the GMCH said.
Last week, a 37-year old man from Himachal Pradesh's Una committed suicide on Sunday, inspite of testing negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to police officials. Officers state that the victim was allegedly facing social boycott by some villagers who suspected he suffered from COVID-19.
14:08 IST, April 13th 2020