Man kills self

Driven by despair due to

family pressure a middle-aged man today killed himself at Khardah in North 24 Parganas district.

Basudeb Choudhury reportedly slit his throat with a long fish-cutter knife early today following tiffs with family over property issues, police said quoting prima facie findings.

He had two sons and a daughter.

Police were inquiring if there was any real estate angle.