Amethi (UP), February 19 A teacher at a government school allegedly hanged himself at his home in Amethi town, police said on Thursday.
Ram Prakash Verma was working as an assistant teacher at a primary school in Gauhani village in the neighbouring Pratapgarh district.
Verma, who was originally from Barhaipur village, had arrived alone at his residence in Amethi from Pratapgarh on Wednesday night and allegedly hanged himself inside the house.
When family members repeatedly tried calling him and received no response, they went to his house. Finding the door locked from the inside, they broke it open and found him hanging, police said.
Station House Officer (Amethi) Ravi Singh said the body has been sent for postmortem examination, and legal proceedings are underway.
