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Karnataka youth ends life in Poinguinim

CANACONA: A youth from Karnataka ended his life in a rented room at Poinguinim on Tuesday.

Canacona Police Inspector Chandrakant Gawas said the deceased, Sameer Sawant (29), a native of Khanapur-Karnataka had arrived five days back and was working as a mason at a construction site. He was staying in a rented room with his younger brother at Poinguinim.

When his brother returned to their room at around 6 pm on Tuesday, found Sameer lifeless in the room.

Gawas then alerted his other brother and both shifted Sameer to the Canacona Community Health Centre, where he was declared brought dead.

Canacona police said some personal issue was the motive for the suicide. The body was later sent to the district hospital for an autopsy.

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