Growing Indian workers' suicides causes alarm

Dubai, Jan 23 (UNI) Indian embassy officials and community leaders in Bahrain have expressed alarm at the high rate of suicide among their countrymen in the kingdom.

At least three Indians are known to have killed themselves within the first 21 days of this month.

The most recent case was on Sunday when a man, whose identity is yet to be revealed, was found hanging at a commercial skyscraper, a day before an Indian employee of Bahrain Duty Free jumped to his death from a pedestrian bridge.

A financial controller and father of two Ashok Kumar was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his upmarket Hoora apartment on January 3.

The embassy announced in November that 72 trained counsellors would be available to help people in the country's labour camps and workplaces.

The body of Chedacy Hamza, who hailed from Kannur in Kerala and who jumped from the footbridge over a busy highway, is to be buried in Bahrain according to the wishes of his family.

UNI