School principal upset over his promotion kills self in Gujarat

RAJKOT: In a bizarre case, a financially well-off school principal in Morbi town committed suicide, apparently because of he was mentally disturbed over being promoted to the post.
Mansukh Vashiyani, 52, was found hanging from the ceiling in the room on the first floor of his house in Yadunandan Park early on Friday morning.
According to police, Vashiyani being the senior-most teacher of the government school was recently given charge as principal even as he did not want to take up the post.The reasons for his reluctance were not immediately known, but his family members also told police that he remained extremely disturbed ever since he was give nthe charge.
Police said that on Friday morning, when Vashiyani’s wife went to call him for tea, she found him hanging.
The deceased is survived by his wife, a son who owns a factory and a daughter who is married. His younger brother also lives with him.
Police said that Vashiyani was financially stable and owned agriculture land in his native village of Lunsar near Wankaner. There was no suicide note found in the house, police added.