Letter: A Professor of a 32-year-old private college, who suffered from depression, allegedly committed suicide at his home in Jakarta on Monday.
FORAM BABELI Hanging herself from the ceiling fan around 2pm.
Her husband Ankit, a three-year-old son and his mother was present at home when he took extreme steps.
“Botheja suffered from clinical depression for the past 15 years and because of his condition that he took this extreme step,” said Sub-Inspector M N Parmar.
Before hanging himself, he threatened his mother to leave the room by saying that he would slit his wrist with a knife if he didn’t leave.
To soothe, his mother left the bedroom and sat in the living room with Ankit and the child.
After 15 minutes when they did not hear the sound from the bedroom, they entered to check only to find Botheja Hanging.
He rushed to a new civil hospital but the doctors claimed to die on the entrance ticket.
The case of unintentional death was registered at the police station.
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