Kanpur: A 24-year-old employee of a pharmaceutical company allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Barra police station area of city on Tuesday. Police, on being informed, reached the spot along with a forensic team and initiated investigations. Forensic team collected evidence from room.At the time of the incident, the deceased Manish Pal was wearing earphones, which suggested that he was speaking to someone prior to taking the extreme step, the police said. Family members alleged that he was having an affair with a local girl and used to talk to her on phone on a regular basis. On Monday, he took the extreme step probably while talking to her, they said. Prior to that he had an argument with her over some issue, they added.Manish, a resident of Barra Nai Basti, who used to work in a pharmaceutical company lived with his parents and other siblings. According to family members, after having dinner on Monday night, went to his room. When Manish did not come out of his room on Tuesday morning, his mother Vidya went to the room to check on him as usual. She repeatedly knocked at the door, but did not get any response. Fearing something amiss, she alerted other house inmates. On peeping inside the room, they saw Manishs body hanging from the ceiling. Subsequently, they informed the police about the incident. Police rushed to spot along with forensic team. Inspector Barra Surya Bali Pandey said that no suicide note has recovered from spot.We also published the following articles recentlyBTech student hangs self at hostel roomA 22-year-old student was found hanging in his hostel room at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut. The student, Prashant Pandey, was in his third year of BTech and had reportedly been struggling with depression after failing four subjects in his second year. No complaint has been registered yet, and the police are investigating the matter. This incident follows a series of student suicides, including a 16-year-old girl in Kota and a medical student in Thane who complained of ragging.Bihar: Seized liquor stolen from police store room in Muzaffarpur districtThieves in Bihar broke into a police store room and stole several cartons of seized liquor. The incident occurred in Muzaffarpur district, where alcohol has been banned for the past seven years. The thieves broke through a brick wall and made off with 56 liters of liquor. The police have since conducted raids and recovered 32 liters of the stolen liquor. Last week, four policemen were suspended for allegedly selling seized liquor to a liquor mafia. The mafia has been using various methods, including ambulances and ATM vans, to transport liquor.Namaaz room in assembly of three states, HC informedThe Jharkhand assembly has informed the high court that separate rooms for offering namaaz exist in three states: Bihar, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu. This comes after a PIL was filed against the construction of a separate room for the minority community in the assembly, citing a violation of fundamental rights. The assembly has formed a committee to gather details from other state assemblies regarding the existence of such rooms.

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