Darbhanga man commits suicide in isolation camp

DARBHANGA/PATNA: One Binod Yadav (45), who came from Delhi and quarantined in the upgraded secondary school under Simri police station in Darbhanga district, committed suicide on Monday by hanging himself from the window of the room at the school. The headmaster of the school, Samir Kumar, was in his office and the chowkidar, Vinod Paswan, had gone to ease himself when the incident occurred.
Binod was a TB patient living with his wife and elder son in Delhi. He left Delhi for his village Kamrauli leaving his family there. As per reports, he travelled in an onion-laden truck to reach Muzaffarpur from where he came to his village on foot.
Meanwhile, the Sitamarhi district administration has refuted reports of death of a 17-year-old boy, Subodh Baitha, in Delhi due to starvation. Sitamarhi district public relations department officer Parimal Kumar said the cause of the boy’s death was being ascertained.