Barred from drinking alcohol, man shoots self dead in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

The 25-year-old man locked himself in a room and shot self dead when his parents stopped him from going out for drinks.

A 25-year-old man, believed to be an alcoholic, ended his life after being prohibited from consuming alcohol by his parents, police said on Wednesday.

No suicide note was found from the spot. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Kapil Kumar, a resident of Rahmatpur village in Muzaffarnagar, had frequent altercations with his family members over his addiction, a police official said.

Last evening too, when his parents stopped him from going out for drinks, Kumar locked himself up in a room and shot himself with a locally made pistol, police said.

Kumar’s body has been sent for post-mortem and no suicide note has been recovered, they said.