Former UP Ranji player ends life

A former Ranji cricketer was found dead at his residence in Allahabad on Saturday morning. Ram Babu Pal8217;s body was hanging from the ceiling of his room. Police said Pal8217;s 8220;poor mental condition8221; and 8220;humiliation by colleagues8221; drove him to suicide.

Pal 35, who had represented Uttar Pradesh in Ranji Trophy in the early 1990s and also played in the national Under-19 team with Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli and Rahul Dravid, was an employee of the State Bank of India.

His suicide note said: 8220;I have been forced to take this step because my colleagues had been continuously humiliating me for my inability to operate the computer. They are responsible for my death.8221;