Dhubri: DC office staff commits suicide by hanging herself

Guwahati: An employee of the Dhubri deputy commissioner's office has hanged herself inside the office premises of the excise department housed within the DC office, reports said.

The deceased has been identified as 55-year-old Anju Kumari. Her body was discovered on Tuesday when the other staff members of the excise department reached the office in the morning andy found out about the incident.

Dhubri excise superintendent Manash Jyoti Das informed that the deceased was a cleaning lady.

"As the door of the office was found closed from inside, the staff members of the excise office immediately intimated the authorities, and the police were called," said the superintendent.

Arun Choudhry, son of the deceased, stated, "Our mother came to work daily in the morning at about 6.30 as per routine for cleaning and returned home at or before 9 am."

"But today, she did not return home in the morning as usual and was found hanging from the ceiling inside the office premises," the son added.

It has been reported that the deceased along with her family members used to live in the government quarter located at Dak Bungalow in Dhubri town.

It is as of yet unclear Kumari took such an extreme step of ending her life.

The police, meanwhile, have initiated further investigations.

It is to be mentioned that the body of the deceased has been sent to Dhubri civil hospital for conducting post-mortem.

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