Labourer ends life days after meat factory shuts down temporarily

Aligarh, May 3

A youth, who was rendered jobless after a meat factory he worked at was shut temporarily due to the COVID-forced lockdown, was found hanging in his room here, the police said on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Haider (23). He was found hanging on Saturday afternoon in Alambagh locality, Civil Lines, here.

Inspector at Civil Lines police station Amit Kumar said the cause of the suicide was being investigated and a family discord could not be ruled out.

According to the victim’s mother, Salma, Haider was working as labourer in a meat factory and became jobless after the plant was temporarily closed down a few weeks back. He was the only earning member of the family and was depressed for the past few days as he had become financially weak amid the lockdown, she added.

The Congress national secretary and former MLA of Aligarh, Vivek Bansal, visited the family and demanded that they be provided financial relief immediately to save themselves from starvation. PTI