AHMEDABAD: A 37-year-old man from South Bopal committed suicide by hanging himself at his workplace in Sarkhej on Sunday.
Broken by the sudden death of his son, his father, 65, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in South Bopal on Monday.
Police officers said the son, Alpesh Palan, a resident of Shyamvilla Society in South Bopal, had gone to his workplace at Siddhivinayak Tower in Sarkhej on Sunday.
Around 4.45pm on Sunday, an office staffer found him hanging there and informed police.
A Sarkhej police team took down the body and sent it to VS Hospital for a postmortem. Alpesh’ family members were informed about his death and his body was handed over on Monday morning.
On learning about Alpesh’ death, his relatives from Savrakundla arrived be with his father, Balwantray Palan, and other family members.
When the relatives were sitting at the deceased’s home, waiting to take out the cremation procession, Balwantray took their leave saying he would go to his room upstairs for some time.
After a while, when Balwantray did not return, the other relatives went looking for him to his room and found him hanging from the ceiling fan.
The relatives took the bodies of father and son to their native town, Savarkundla in Amreli district, and cremated them there.
An officer of Sarkhej police investigating the suicide of Alpesh, said that, prima facie, it seemed that he committed suicide as he was in a financial crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We know that Alpesh’ sister had committed suicide two years ago, due to which Alpesh had suffered mental trauma. It could also be the reason for his suicide,” said the police officer.
D N Patel, in-charge inspector of Bopal police, said Balwantray was shocked by his son’s death, which led him to commit suicide.
