ASTC suicide horror returns: Employee’s body found hanging inside premises

GUWAHATI: After a gap of almost two years, another employee of the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) committed suicide at the premises of Guwahati’s Paltan Bazar office today morning.

The last case of suicide in the department was reported in October 2019, when a retired employee of the corporation committed suicide because of alleged non-payment of retirement benefits.

In the latest incident, the employee has been identified as Dhrubajyoti Thakuria (40). Thakuria was a resident of Tihu in Nalbari district. He was employed as a contractual electrical assistant for the past two years.

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Speaking to InsideNE, another ASTC employee Dijen Lahkar said that Thakuria committed suicide at around 11.30 am by hanging himself inside a generator room.

"When the rest of the employees went for COVID-19 vaccination nearby, Thakuria took this step”, he added.

On receiving information a team from Paltan Bazar Police Station reached the spot to investigate the matter.

However, no suicide note has been recovered from the scene.

Later, the body was taken for a post mortem examination before being handed over to the family to perform his last rites.

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