Petrol bunk staffer commits suicide inside office in Chikkaballapur

CHIKKABALLAPUR: A 20-year-old youth, working at a petrol pump at Mylapanahalli village in the taluk committed suicide by hanging inside the office on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Yeshwant, a resident of Bapuji Nagar in Chikkaballapur town.

Yeshwanth had dinner at home and left for the petrol bunk where he slept overnight. However, when the owner Varun Gowda called Yeshwant in the morning to open the bunk for business, he did not answer the phone.

Varun then went to the petrol bunk himself, only to find Yeshwanth hanging. The youth’s parents alleged that he may have been harassed, which led him to end his life. They even blocked the ambulance carrying the body, but were convinced by the police to lodge a complaint after reviewing CCTV footage. The Chikkaballapur Rural police visited the spot and have registered a case.