Gujarat: SBI staffer hangs self, wife blames work pressure

AHMEDABAD: A 33-year-old cashier with the State Bank of India allegedly committed suicide today by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence at Tharad in Banaskantha district, police said.

Though the police refused to assign any motive to the extreme step taken by Prem Shankar Prajapati, his wife said he had talked about "heavy work pressure" at Tharad branch of the bank.

He originally belonged to Barmer in Rajasthan.