Three commit suicides in separate incidents in Kanpur

Kanpur: In a string of suicides, three people, including a BA student, have allegedly taken their own lives in different parts of the city. According to the police, the first incident took place at a hotel near the clock-tower where medical representative Ajay Singh (35) was staying.

Singh hung himself yesterday prima facie due to family related tensions. The second incident was reported near Anwarganj where a driver, Bindeshwari Awasthi (28), took his life by consuming poison over a prolonged marital discord. The last of the three incidents was reported from Naubasta locality where a BA second year student, Neelam (22), allegedly consumed poison after a dispute with her sister-in-law. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and investigations initiated in the cases, police added. PTI