As suicide attempts report on a daily basis, mental health experts assert that families and society must take individual warning signals seriously. The pandemic, politics and protracted freeze of routine life, coupled with economic hardships have added a new load to the mental morbidity and some of the people are unable to manage it, reports
Minhaj Masoodi
Army soldiers carry out a rescue operation for a 16-year-old girl, who committed suicide by jumping into river Jhelum, in Srinagar, Saturday, May 8, 2021. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
A Block Development Council (BDC) member affiliated with Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party recently attempted suicide for being kept locked in a hotel for the last year. Under the garb of personal security, he alleged he was not allowed to move out or meet his family. For a failed bid to end his life, a case was registered against him. People have dubbed it the first suicide attempt on