Out of food and money, 22-year-old hangs himself in Panchkula
(WorldNews India)

A daily wager residing in Panchkula’s Rajiv Colony, Sagar Singh (22) had been hit hard by the lockdown. His ailing-handicapped mother, a teenage brother and his newly-wedded wife relied on him for care, while for more than a month, he had recorded no earnings. Out of money and food, and pushed to the brink, Sagar took his life on Monday. As the family handed over the deceased’s body to the police on Tuesday, they had no money to perform his last rites. Thrust into reality, with no time to even mourn his brother’s death, Gautam (17) says, “We did not have any money to hold his funeral. Me and my uncle borrowed money from our neighbours and friends to arrange a funeral. Even...