2 suicides

GANGTOK, 12 Dec: Two suicides have been reported in the past two days. At Lower Baluthang in West Sikkim, a 36-year-old is reported to have committed suicide by hanging herself at home on the evening of 09 December. The other suicide has been reported from Jorethang where an 18 year old boy committed suicide, also by hanging. The victim was a resident of Darap Salghari and had gone out to collect fodder at 7 a.m. on 10 December. However, when he did not return, a search party found him hanging from a tree at around 4 p.m. the same day.