Gurgaon: A 37-year-old man from West Bengal allegedly died by suicide after he slit his throat with a shaving blade on a road near Ghata village late Saturday.A labourer, P Karmakar, was from Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal and had moved to Gurgaon a few months ago. He was staying with his elder sister at her house in Sector 64.After receiving information about the incident, a team from Sector 56 police station reached the spot and took the body into custody before sending it for a postmortem examination.“Preliminary investigation suggests that the deceased was under mental distress. We are speaking to his family members to ascertain the circumstances leading to the incident,” police said. They added that the family has also stated that Karmakar was reluctant to go to work.Investigators are examining the sequence of events to establish if he had been facing other difficulties. Police said the family’s statements would be crucial in understanding the circumstances of the incident. The postmortem examination will help establish the medical findings related to the death after which it will be handed over to the family.
