Truck Driver Implement Suicide; May be Family Matter (?).

Manoj Kanta Dash, Odishabarta

Berhampur: On Friday, at an early hour a truck driver cum helper committed suicide on truck.

According to Inspector in Charge of Bada Bazar PS Mr Prashant Bhupati the deceased he alone with the Dal loaded truck came from Nagpur city. We suspect the cause of his death might be mental dejection and conjugal dispute. As per the latest development the deceased had a hot telephonic dialogue with his wife.

The deceased has been identified as Bab Deen as per his Driving licence and PAN card reveal. Police have seized the truck and further investigation is underway, Why the driver took the extreme step from a remote city of his native (?), the inquest with that direction we suspect, said by Prashant,IIC.

If we examine other side with the spike in COVID period cases has come fear, anxiety and a spate of suicides in Odisha. Be it fear of contracting the virus or the grief of losing a family member, several factors have led to suicidal deaths in a span of couple of months.