Home guard jawan ends life in Ahmedabad

A home guard jawan committed suicide by jumping from the Subhash bridge into the Sabarmati on Friday evening.

The reason behind the incident is not known. Police say that he had come from Surat for election duty.

According to the Sabarmati police, the body of one Chandrakant Parmar, a 45-year-old resident of Umang Park in Ranip, was fished out from the Sabarmati by fire department officials at 4.25 pm on Friday. Parmar's elder brother identified his body.

"The reason behind the incident is not known yet. All we know is that Parmar was deployed in Surat for election duty. He had returned to Ahmedabad only on Friday afternoon. He left his house without informing anyone and jumped into the river," said the police.

According to fire department officials, two other people also tried to commit suicide by jumping from the Subhash bridge into the Sabarmati. They said that a man and a woman, both in their thirties, tried to take their own lives but were rescued and taken to hospital.

Police refused to divulge any details of the suicide attempt. They denied knowing about any such incident.