Berhampur: A 51-year old government doctor was found dead Monday in Gajapati district, police informed. The doctor, identified as Surendra Nath Rath, was working at the district headquarters hospital in Paralakhemundi, they added. Rath was found dead at his inlaws’ house at Shakti Nagar under Gosaninuagaon police station in this city, police further said. Rath’s family said that he hung himself from the ceiling fan of a room in the house. The body has been sent for post-mortem to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, police said. He went to his in-laws’ house Friday where his wife and two sons lived. He used to visit the house on most Fridays and stay over during the weekend, police added.
Rath went to sleep Sunday night with his elder son. When the son woke up, he could not find his father and started searching for him. The family found another room locked from inside, and after breaking in, they found his body hanging from the ceiling fan, police said. “We have registered a case of unnatural death and we are investigating the matter. The exact cause of his death will be ascertained only after getting the post-mortem report,” said Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M. Additional district medical officer, Pramod Kumar Panda said Rath was sincere in his work and never shared anything about stress with anyone. He added that it is a case of ‘utter misfortune’ to have hit the family.