Kanpur: A 24-year-old man who has tested HIV positive, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the Banda district on Friday night.
The brother who died, a CRPF Jawan, told investigators that the incident was revealed when his brother’s wife woke up on Saturday morning and found him missing.
He raised the alarm when he found the door to his room locked from the outside.
Then, his body was found hanging from the swing strap of children on the tree behind the house.
The man was a graduate of science and married in February 2020.
Then, in April, he complained of paralysis and treated.
Then he developed a problem in his heart going to a private hospital in Kanpur for care where he tested HIV positive on August 12.
On August 14, he went to Baberu’s hospital where he returned positive.
Still unsure of the test report, he got himself and his wife was questioned at the District Hospital on August 16, but both were found positive HIV.
Kotwali in-allegations Nk Nagar said, “It seems that the man uses extreme steps because of illness.
We have shifted the body to postmortem.”
Positive HIV men found hanging, suicide suspected
