KARACHI: Watchman commits suicide

Published August 1, 2008

KARACHI, July 31: A 25-year-old watchman at the bungalow of a doctor in PECHS committed suicide by hanging himself from a pipe connected to the overhead water tank.

The victim, identified as Riaz, son of Zad Mohammed, was shifted to the JPMC.

The police said the man committed suicide due to unknown reasons. They said the family told them that the victim had been mentally unstable for the past few months.

The police said the young man was a watchman at the house (No 43/11-B) of Dr Kamran.

They said the victim came from upcountry and his family took his body to their hometown.

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