JOWAI: A truck driver identified as Peterwell Shylla (38) allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday at Byndihati in East Jaintia Hills District.
Sources informed that Shylla parked his truck on the roadside and hanged himself from a tree near a coal depot.
He called his wife at around 9:30 am and told her that it was the last call to her and later at around 3:30 pm Khliehriat Police received information that someone had committed suicide.
Relatives of the deceased have asked the police to conduct an autopsy to ascertain the actual cause of his death.
