‘He died. I’m dying too’: MP dies by suicide after friend dies in road accident

A man in Madhya Pradesh hanged himself from a tree after his friend died in a road accident, police said.

Madhya Pradesh News: Shattered by the loss of his close friend in a road accident, a 28-year-old man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Nalkheda on the Indore-Ahmedabad highway in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

According to police, the deceased, identified as Kanti Singh, a resident of Jhabua district, recorded a video statement and sent it to his family members before taking the extreme step on Tuesday evening.

“I tell everyone that my good friend has died and I am dying too. Do not bother my relatives,” Kanto said in the video statement in his native tribal dialect of Jhabua, police said.

An official said that in the video recorded before his suicide, Kanti said he resorted to the extreme step because he was “deeply shocked by the death of his friend in the accident”, adding that he sent the video to his family and friends before he did. the unthinkable.

Giving details, another official said Kanti and his friend Narve Singh were recently involved in an accident while traveling on a motorcycle. While Kanti survived the crash, his friend was not so lucky and died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.

“Two motorcycles collided on the highway in which a man, identified as Narve Singh (29), died while his friend Kanti survived. Both were friends and lived in Phuldanvadi in Jhabua district. They were on their way home from Ujjain when the accident took place,” Sanjay Rawat, in-charge of Rajgarh police station, told news agency PTI.

Shattered and distraught over the death of his friend, Kanti committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near the accident site, Rawat said.

He said two persons on another motorcycle involved in the accident were injured and are being treated.

Further investigation into the matter is underway, the official said.

(With PTI inputs)