Upset over his failure at workplace, 57-year-old engineer hangs himself

A 57-year-old chief engineer allegedly hanged himself in his official quarter after facing problems at work, the police said on Friday.

Chaitanya Kumar Srivastava, chief engineer in Kisan Sahkari Chini Mill, lived alone and allegedly hanged himself on late Thursday night. He was apparently upset after work at the mill came to a halt on Thursday following a turbine failure which he could not rectify and was being held responsible for, sources in the mill said.

The body has been sent for postmortem and his family in Lucknow has been informed, the police said. An investigation is on.