<p>A 19-year-old boy allegedly ended his life on Saturday at a quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district where he was lodged after returning from Raipur, police said.</p>.<p>Pradip Kerketta was found hanging from the ceiling in a room at a quarantine centre at his village Kerju under Sitapur police station limits in the afternoon, an official said.</p>.<p>Kerketta, a borewell drilling machine worker, had returned from Raipur to Kerju on July 2 and was kept at the quarantine facility for 14 days as a precautionary measure, the official said.</p>.<p>"He was not showing coronavirus symptoms. However, his sample has been sent for Covid-19 test as per protocol. A case has been registered," he added.</p>.<p>Incidents of suicide by migrant workers staying in quarantine facilities have been reported from Raigarh, Balod, Balodabazar and Gariaband etc in the past two months.</p>
<p>A 19-year-old boy allegedly ended his life on Saturday at a quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district where he was lodged after returning from Raipur, police said.</p>.<p>Pradip Kerketta was found hanging from the ceiling in a room at a quarantine centre at his village Kerju under Sitapur police station limits in the afternoon, an official said.</p>.<p>Kerketta, a borewell drilling machine worker, had returned from Raipur to Kerju on July 2 and was kept at the quarantine facility for 14 days as a precautionary measure, the official said.</p>.<p>"He was not showing coronavirus symptoms. However, his sample has been sent for Covid-19 test as per protocol. A case has been registered," he added.</p>.<p>Incidents of suicide by migrant workers staying in quarantine facilities have been reported from Raigarh, Balod, Balodabazar and Gariaband etc in the past two months.</p>