Assam youth allegedly commits suicide in Maharashta after testing positive for Covid19

On Saturday, a migrant worker from Assam reportedly committed suicide in a hospital in Maharashtra after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

The youth from Nagaon district of Assam had come to Akola city in Maharashtra with a few other Tablighi Jamaat members after attending the Markaz event in Nizamuddin, New Delhi between March 6 and 8.

On developing symptoms of COVID-19, he approached the Hospital and got admitted on April 7. However, after testing positive, the 30-year-old Assam man allegedly slit his throat in the washroom of the isolation ward.

“The man allegedly slit his own throat at around 5 am and was found on the bathroom floor by the hospital staff,” an official told PTI , adding that the victim succumbed to his injuries while undergoing surgery.

Three persons had tested positive for coronavirus in Akola on Friday and the deceased was one of them, the official added.

An official of the City Kotwali Police Station also told PTI that it appears to be a case of suicide and investigations are on.