Rajkot: UP labourer found hanging behind his factory in Jetpur

RAJKOT: A 45-year-old migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh was found hanging from a tree behind a dyeing unit in Jetpur near Rajkot on Wednesday morning.
While police are still investigating the exact reason for the suicide, colleagues of the deceased Raju Lodhi claimed that he was extremely frustrated at not being able to return to his native Majhgaon village in UP. The shortage of foodstuff due to lockdown aggravated his frustration, they said.
Lodhi allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a rope which he had tied to a pipe fixed between the trunks of two trees behind the Patel Dyeing Mill where he worked.
Rajendra Kumar, one of the co-workers said, that the latter was under severe depression as they were being forced to stay inside the mill compound only. “Many of us including Lodhi wanted to go back to our natives, but the owners refuse to listen to our pleas. If no solution is worked out soon to solve our travelling issues, many of us will be forced to go Lodhi’s way,” Kumar told reporters.
P P Jadeja, investigating with Jetpur police station, “We are yet to find the exact reason for the suicide. We will record the statements of Lodhi’s fellow labourers,” said. Lodhi is survived by his wife and four children — two sons and two daughters.
“We are also facing shortage of food. There are 40 labourers kept inside the mill forcibly. While we were provided ration kits containing five kilos each of wheat, rice, potatoes and and onions in March, no such help was extended thereafter, ” he added.