NASHIK, Sept 7: An unemployed tribal youth, Lahanu Nagu Malekar, committed suicide by consuming poison at Malekarwadi near Wadiwarhe in Igatpuri tehsil on Saturday. Police say Malekar had passed the Higher Secondary Certificate examination but failed to secure a job for about a year.About six months ago, he got married, which placed an added economic burden. He had also obtained a conductor's badge in the hope of landing a job with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation. However, stress took its toll on Saturday, when Malekar swallowed insecticide and died.
Boy drowns in pond
An 11-year-old boy, Nandu More, residing at Prabuddha Nagar, Satpur, drowned in a pond on Ganesh immersion day on Saturday, according to the police. More had gone to the pond at Shivaji Nagar to watch the immersion festivities, when he lost his balance and fell into the water.In a separate incident, lightning claimed one life at Gangapur yesterday, when it struck the house of Hanumant Krishna Jadhav, causing ashort circuit and fire.
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