Kalu Chavda (22), a resident of Karivana village in Babra taluka, ended his life by consuming pesticide.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Chavda had been jobless for the last six months.

This is the eighth suicide incident in the district since December last year.

The Babra police said the body was found from a farmhouse located near Chavda’s house in the village. Deceased’s brother told the police that Chavda had been jobless since October and tried to get some other work, but in vain.

According to the police, the Chavdas are landless and both brothers were making their ends meet through labour work. Kalu Chavda had been working as a diamond worker for over six years. He had shifted to Bhavnagar to work in a polishing unit. But the unit, the police said, did not open after the Diwali vacation.

The deceased had been living in a rented house in Bhavnagar. After being rendered jobless, he could not afford the rent, which forced him to come back to the village.