Facebook photos prompt policeman to commit suicide

Died: Constable Peter Hiralal

Berbice: Peter Shivraj Hiralal, 20, a police constable of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice is now dead after he consumed a poisonous substance at his address, in the wee hours of Monday morning

Reports indicate that the young policeman committed suicide after allegedly feeling the embarrassment of pictures circulating on social media with him and another male kissing.

He reportedly went home and discovered pictures on the popular Facebook including one where he was kissing his male friend.
Hiralal reportedly became embarrassed and annoyed and went into a storeroom where he picked up a bottle and drank the content. He was subsequently rushed to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital where he was seen by a doctor. He succumbed yesterday morning at the hospital.
No marks of violence were evident on the body.