A non-local worker from Haryana hung himself to death in a rented room in the Mehjoor Nagar area of Srinagar city.
Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the house owner informed police station Saddar after they found the non-local tenant hanging from the ceiling.
Police reached the spot and shifted the body to SMHS Hospital Srinagar for postmortem.
The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Manoj Singh son of Gulzari Singh, a resident of Fazalpora Haryana.
A police official while confirming the incident said that proceedings have been initiated in this regard. (KNT)