Assam Man Suicide

Manik Das of Borkhal village near Jagi Raod had a small business at the Jagi road dry-fish market in Morigaon district. His family claims "frustration and mental torture" had forced him to suicide.

Financial problems allegedly drove a man, his wife and three daughters to die by suicide, police in Assam's Kokrajhar district said on Monday.

An 88-year-old man allegedly killed himself in Sontoli in Assam's Kamrup district, about 70 km away from state capital Guwahati, because he feared being sent to detention centre after he was called for verification for the National Register of Citizens of India last week. The locals found his body today.

A woman was allegedly stabbed to death on Monday morning at Assam's Tinsukia district, allegedly by a man, who later attempted suicide, a police officer said. The victim, who worked as a domestic help at Makum area in the district, was attacked at her employer's house, he told reporters.

A man committed suicide on Sunday in Assam's Udalguri district allegedly after a local Foreigners' Tribunal recently served a notice on him asking him to prove his Indian citizenship.

A 37-year-old man in Assam committed suicide purportedly due to frustration because his mother's name is not included in the controversial citizens' list. The daily wage labourer's body was found hanging from a tree.

Manik Das of Borkhal village near Jagi Raod had a small business at the Jagi road dry-fish market in Morigaon district. His family claims "frustration and mental torture" had forced him to suicide.

Financial problems allegedly drove a man, his wife and three daughters to die by suicide, police in Assam's Kokrajhar district said on Monday.

An 88-year-old man allegedly killed himself in Sontoli in Assam's Kamrup district, about 70 km away from state capital Guwahati, because he feared being sent to detention centre after he was called for verification for the National Register of Citizens of India last week. The locals found his body today.

A woman was allegedly stabbed to death on Monday morning at Assam's Tinsukia district, allegedly by a man, who later attempted suicide, a police officer said. The victim, who worked as a domestic help at Makum area in the district, was attacked at her employer's house, he told reporters.

A man committed suicide on Sunday in Assam's Udalguri district allegedly after a local Foreigners' Tribunal recently served a notice on him asking him to prove his Indian citizenship.

A 37-year-old man in Assam committed suicide purportedly due to frustration because his mother's name is not included in the controversial citizens' list. The daily wage labourer's body was found hanging from a tree.