Kollegal: A 44-year-old photographer, said to be depressed in life, committed suicide by hanging self in the town yesterday.

The deceased is Gopi, a resident of Post Office Road in the town. It is learnt that he was leading a lonely life and was depressed in life, which forced him to take the extreme step.

The Police, after Gopi’s wife came from her parents’ house, received the complaint, registered a case and shifted the body to a hospital for post-mortem.