Mother refuses booze money, son ends life

A man committed suicide at his residence here Saturday morning when his mother did not give him money for purchasing liquor, police said.

Ranjeet, 24 and unemployed, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his west Delhi's Mangolpuri area house around 11 a.m.

Police said he was a habitual drinker.

"Ranjeet threatened his mother Saturday morning that he would take the extreme step after she refused to give him money to buy liquor. When his mother went out, he hanged himself," said a police officer.

No suicide note was recovered from the victim's possession, said the officer.