• During an altercation between them, the young man had attempted to frighten her by staging a fake suicide. However, it had ended up in his death when the knot tightened

By Romesh Madusanaka
A young man who noosed his neck to frighten his fiancee, pretending he was attempting to commit suicide had turned to reality as he died when the slip knot tightened.  The victim was a 17 year old young man from Bogaswewa area.    
Investigations revealed that during an altercation between them, the young man had attempted to frighten her by staging a fake suicide. However, it had ended up in his death when the knot tightened.  Residents of the area had rushed him to hospital only to be pronounced dead. Bogaswewa police are conducting further investigations.