Lockdown: Maha man walking from Hyderabad to Gondia hangs self

Wardha, May 2 () A migrant labourer allegedlycommitted suicide in Wardha in Maharashtra after walkingseveral hundred kilometres from Hyderabad in neighbouringTelangana to reach his home in Gondia district during thecoronavirus-induced lockdown, police said on Saturday.

The body of Amarasingh Madavi (45) was found hangingfrom a tree in a farm under Girad police station limits onThursday evening, an official said.

"Madavi is a resident of Chillari village in Gondia'sDevari taluka. He was working in Hyderabad and was trying toreach home by foot. He hanged himself with a towel," AssistantInspector Mahendra Suryanvanshi of Gilad police station said.

"He had told a friend that he had lost his job inHyderabad and was running out of cash in the lockdown. Wefound a mobile phone on him and called his family and handedover the body after post mortem," Suryavanshi added. CORBNM BNM