Mohali, Sept. 21 -- Two individuals ended their lives by hanging in Zirakpur within the last 24 hours.

In the first case, a 24-year-old woman, hailing from Ambala, was found hanging at her house in Zirakpur. Police took the body into custody and placed it in the mortuary of civil hospital, Dera Bassi.

Her husband told police that she had been distressed as they were childless after six years of marriage. The woman's parents had been informed and the post-mortem will be conducted after their arrival, said investigating officer ASI Labh Singh.

In the second case, a 38-year-old man was found hanging at his house in Zirakpur.

Police said the deceased, who drove a taxi for a living, had been undergoing a divorce case with his wife for the ...