A week after he was accused of theft by his former employer, a 36-year-old car driver allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his current employer’s house in Sector 2, here on Saturday. He was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the servant quarters of a house owned by Brigadier JS Phulka (retd). Amarnath’s mother Rama said he was upset for the past last few days since his part-time employer, Varinder Gill of Sector 11, accused him of theft. Gill had accused Amarnath of stealing a mobile phone and gold jewellery from her house, following which a case was registered at the Sector-11 police station on May 5. Inspector Poonam Dilawari, station house officer (SHO), Sector 3 police station, said, “We have initiated inquest proceedings on the statement of his wife.

Source: Hindustan Times May 13, 2018 10:30 UTC