Ayurveda doctor, wife die by suicide in Uttarakhand’s Kashipur
Police said a suicide note and some injections were found on the spot which suggested that it was a suicide
A 48-year-old ayurveda doctor and his wife allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday morning in Kashipur area of Uttarakhand’s US Nagar district. Police said a suicide note and some injections were found on the spot which suggested that it was a suicide.
Abhay Pratap Singh, additional superintendent of police (ASP), Kashipur said, “A suicide note was found from the spot in which the doctor has written that he and his wife are committing suicide due to family circumstances and nobody is responsible for their extreme steps.”
According to police, the doctor used to live with his family in a rented accommodation in Kashipur. When the couple didn’t wake up in the morning on Wednesday, their 12-year-old son entered the room and found both of them lying on their bed and not responding. He informed his neighbours and they informed police.
Police rushed to the spot found a suicidal note, an injection and some vials. According to doctors, the vial found there is used for anaesthesia and it is likely that the doctor and his wife took an overdose of it
According to police, he was a BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) doctor and used to work in a private hospital. His wife had been suffering from a severe illness for a long time. He had also been facing financial problems, said police.
{{/usCountry}}According to police, he was a BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) doctor and used to work in a private hospital. His wife had been suffering from a severe illness for a long time. He had also been facing financial problems, said police.
{{/usCountry}}“The doctor was facing a financial crisis and he was not even in a capacity to get his son admitted into a school,” said a neighbour on condition of anonymity.
{{/usCountry}}“The doctor was facing a financial crisis and he was not even in a capacity to get his son admitted into a school,” said a neighbour on condition of anonymity.
{{/usCountry}}Police are gathering further information from the doctor’s married daughter who lives in the Jaspur area of the district.
{{/usCountry}}Police are gathering further information from the doctor’s married daughter who lives in the Jaspur area of the district.
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