Youth commits suicide

A man had committed suicide by taking poison, Nuraichcholai Police said. The victim, 29, a resident of Hajawatta, Nuraichcholai, was employed at a vehicle service centre in Nuraichcholai. He had informed his parents over the phone that he was about to commit suicide by taking poison. The parents had rushed to the spot and found him on the ground. He was admitted to the Puttalam base hospital and had died soon after.

The sudden death investigation officer Badurdeen Muhammed Hisham said the poison had spread throughout his body.

Nuraichcholai Police are investigating.