Man commits suicide in UP's Shamli district

A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Friday.

The deceased, Abhishek Kumar, a resident of Subhashnagar locality, was an employee of the district irrigation department, they said.

His family claimed that he committed suicide Thursday over a family dispute, police said.

The body was sent for post mortem and the matter is being investigated, they said.