A prison guard died by suicide – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Kendrapara (Odisha), Nov 2 (PTI) A 25-year-old warden of Kendrapara jail died by suicide, police said on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Bijay Parida, a native of Gurudijhatia village in Cuttack district.

Other guards found Parida hanging from a ceiling fan in the prison barracks Friday evening. They informed the jail superintendent and took him to the district headquarters hospital in Kendrapara, where doctors declared him dead.

No suicide note was found at the scene. According to the police, he left behind a wife and a two-year-old daughter.

“We are investigating the case,” said inspector-in-charge of Kendrapara Sadar police station, Bimal Barik. PTI COR AAM AAM RG

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