Man takes selfie with noose around neck, then hangs himself

A 28-year-old cab driver allegedly committed suicide moments after taking a selfie at his house in Ramanthapur area here, police said today.
Kranti Kumar, a native of Nalgonda district in Telangana, hanged himself from a ceiling fan yesterday. Before that, he apparently took a selfie (self-photograph) with a noose of cloth around his neck.
The mobile phone from which the selfie was taken was found in his shirt pocket, said inspector Y Narasimha Reddy of Uppal police station.
A suicide note was found in which he had written that he was fed up with the life due to financial and family problems.

"In the phone, a photo was found where Kumar is seen with a piece of cloth around his neck, tied to the ceiling," police officer said.
An investigation is underway, he said.