Berhampur: There is no let up in suicide by minors and youths in the state as yet another youth took the extreme step by hanging after he allegedly failed to clear a competitive examination for joining Railways at Shastrinagar under Gosaninuagaon police limits in Ganjam district, in the wee hours of Friday. The deceased was identified as Radhamohan Patra, 25, son of Gokul Patra at Krupanidhi Pentha near Sonepur under Golanthara police limits. He had taken a house on rent at Shastrinagar in the town to prepare for competitive examinations and was staying there with two of his friends. Police registered a case and handed over the body to his family members after a post-mortem was conducted.
Preliminary inquiries indicated that he and one of his friends had appeared for an examination for a job in Railways. While his friend cracked the examination, Patra failed to do so. He was under severe mental trauma owing to the failure and this might have prompted him to take the extreme step. Patra and three of his friends went to sleep on terrace due to the heat. Later during the night, before committing suicide Radhamohan sent a message that read ‘I am sorry’ to his brother through Whatsapp, police said. His brother noticed the message early morning and called him over phone but the call went unanswered.
Later, he called one of his friends and informed him about the message. His friends ran downstairs and found the room bolted from inside and informed his brother Kailash Patra. Kailash soon reached the spot with some village youths and broke open the door and found him hanging with a napkin. They informed the police who reached the spot and launched an investigation.
