Migrant worker dies by suicide in Bengal village, grieving father kills self

Dipankar, who worked at a hotel in another state, returned home at Majdia in Nabadwip police station area owing to the lockdown, locals said. His siblings are living elsewhere and their mother died some time back. With Dipankar having lost his job and Dilip's scrap trading business also not doing well due to the pandemic, they were facing a financial crisis, locals said.

Struck by grief over his son's suicide, a man hung himself in West Bengal's Nadia district on Friday, police said. The father and the son were cremated side by side at the Nabadwip burning ghat after the autopsy of the bodies were conducted, they said.

On coming to know that his eldest son Dipankar Malakar (30) died after allegedly consuming pesticide on Thursday night, Dilip (58) could not hold his emotions and allegedly hung himself in their home in Majdia Beltala Para, police said. Dipankar, who worked at a hotel in another state, returned home at Majdia in Nabadwip police station area owing to the lockdown, locals said.

His siblings are living elsewhere and their mother died some time back. With Dipankar having lost his job and Dilip's scrap trading business also not doing well due to the pandemic, they were facing a financial crisis, locals said.