Coronavirus Outbreak: Man, under stress over tuberculosis and family problems, found hanging in quarantine centre in Bihar’s Darbhanga

A man, who was suffering from tuberculosis, was found hanging inside a quarantine centre of Bihar's Darbhanga district

|Apr 14, 2020, 09:02:58 IST

Darbhanga: A 43-year-old man, who was suffering from tuberculosis, was found hanging inside a quarantine centre of Bihar's Darbhanga district on Monday.Authorities said he committed suicide.[caption id="attachment_8173231" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational image. AP[/caption]He was taken to the quarantine centre set up in a school after he somehow managed to reach home in Kumrauli village from Delhi on 10 April."He committed suicide in a room of a middle school which has been converted to a quarantine centre in Kumrauli," District Magistrate Thyagrajan SM said.Prima facie, the man was under stress because of his disease, tuberculosis, and some family problems, the DM said.A statement issued by the district administration said he was kept separately in a room at the quarantine centre, where he was provided with food and medicine.He hanged himself from a window grill with a gamchha (traditional cotton towel).As he was worried about his disease, doctors who had examined Yadav at the time of his entry to the centre, later counselled him.

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