Man hangs himself in ashram, blames priest for suicide

INDIA
Times of India

INDORE: A 21-year-old man committed suicide in an ashram on the premises of Lal Mandir under the jurisdiction of Malharganj police station on Tuesday. The man wrote a suicide note on his wrist with henna (mehendi) accusing the ashram’s priest of harassing him.

According to police, the deceased Gajendra Sharma hailed from Narsinhpur who had come to Indore to study Hindu rituals. He used to take lessons along with many other students in an ashram behind Bada Ganpati temple in the city. These students used to live in the ashram itself. On Tuesday, Sharma was found hanging from the ventilation shaft of his room by some devotees. A suicide note was found on the man’s wrist which held the temple priest responsible for the act.

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