547 people committed suicide in J&K in 2016, 2017: Mehbooba

Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks to the media after the reopening of the state's winter capital at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. India's Jammu-Kashmir state government functions from two capital cities, Jammu in winter and Srinagar in summer, a practice locally known as "durbar move" and started by Kashmir's ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1872.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

JAMMU: As many as 547 people committed suicide in Jammu and Kashmir during the past two years, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today.
In a written reply to a question by NC MLA Mubarak Gul in the State Assembly, she said 275 cases of suicide were registered in 2017, as compared to 272 cases in 2016. (AGENCIES)

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