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94 addicts ended life in 2019; more than Mumbai, Pune

94 addicts ended life in 2019; more than Mumbai, Pune
Nagpur: The city reported 94 suicides under the influence of drugs or alcohol in 2019, which is more than similar cases reported from Mumbai (88) and Pune (70), reveals study on suicides by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Even though the city witnessed nearly two suicides daily in 2019, the study recorded 6.5% decline in 2019 compared to 2018. In 2018, the city had recorded 680 suicides.
Nagpur (636) stands third in overall suicide cases reported across the state after Mumbai (1,229), Pune (719) and Nashik (366).
As per the study, family problems (other than marriage-related issues) were behind 58% of suicides in the city. Of 636 suicides reported in the city in 2019, according to NCRB data, 371 persons, including 302 males and 69 females, ended life due to family problems.
It was followed by suicides committed due to various illnesses. As many as 119 persons, including 25 women, had ended life due to cancer (27), paralysis (17), mental illness (44) and prolonged illness (31).
Indebtedness, unemployment and poverty are also leading people to end life. Five persons ended life due to the above reasons. Six students (three girls and boys each) too committed suicide after failing in examinations, said the NCRB report adding nine, including seven career-oriented males, had ended their life in separate incidents in 2019.
Five suicides were reported due to marital discord in the city in the last calendar year and all were men who ended their life. Three men also ended their life due to extra marital affairs, the study reveals. One man each ended life due to divorce, dowry related issues and non-settlement of marriage, the study revealed.
Failure in love life claimed 22 lives. As per the study, ideological causes or hero worshipping also claimed life of a female in the city.
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Proshun Chakraborty

Proshun Chakraborty is a Senior Correspondent at The Times of India, Nagpur. He covers news on traffic, the zilla parishad, the district collectorate, the divisional commisionarate and fire control. His hobbies include surfing the net, reading and travelling.

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