Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 2: A 24-year-old youth today committed suicide by jumping into River Tawi from main bridge, in this winter capital of the State.
”A youth namely Shahrukh son of Salim Mohd and resident of Dogra Hall (Jammu), presently living in Teli Basti at Bari Brahmana, this evening jumped in River Tawi,” police sources here said.
They said a team of Flying Squad and locals rushed to the spot and shifted him to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu, but he was declared as brought dead by the doctors. The body of the deceased was shifted to mortuary room of the hospital for post mortem.
Police said the reason behind taking this extreme step by the youth could not be ascertained yet while a case has been registered and investigations are on.