Youth commits suicide inside ATR Bus: Drinks Pesticide

DJ Venktash & Murlidharan Pillai
Diglipur, Dec 09: A boy identified as Nani Gopal Das, 23 years, resident of Subhash Gram, Diglipur today committed suicide by consuming some poison, inside Port Blair bound Anand Bus.
Initial investigation says the boy had consumed Pesticide, used in paddy fields.
While the young man’s family members are wallowing in mourning, neighbours and acquaintance too are still reeling from shock over his sudden death. The question everyone asking is: Why would a young, able-bodied choose to take his own life?
According to highly placed sources the boy was in love with a girl, who is studying in Mayabunder College and because of some kind of misunderstanding he committed suicide.
Sources said that the boy purchased ticket for the Bus in the morning and got seat number 23. At Kalra Junction, close to Diglipur, the Bus conductor checked his ID but when the Bus reached Mayabunder and some fellow passengers came down to relieve themselves, people inside the bus found the boy unconscious. He was immediately rushed to Mayabunder Hospital, where he was declared dead.
According to reports, the father of the boy had called him several times in the morning, when he found his son is not there at home. The boy did not even pick up the calls. According to fellow passengers he spoke to the girl sitting inside the bus before taking this extreme step.