HARIPUR: A man reportedly committed suicide in a remote village of Khanpur tehsil here on Monday.

Police said that Abdul Basit, 35, a resident of village Choee, developed differences with his wife and she had moved to her parents’ home a few months ago.

They said that he tried several times to bring back his estranged wife but failed. On Sunday evening, he again went to persuade her and see their minor daughter but his in-laws instead thrashed and humiliated him.

He returned home and went straight to his bedroom where, according to family sources and police, he consumed some poisonous substance and collapsed. He was shifted to hospital but doctors pronounced him dead.

Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2022