FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Headmaster of Essequibo Islands Secondary School in Wakenaam, Chandrika Balgobin, committed suicide on Tuesday.          
He was on medical leave and had been due to retire next month when he drank a poisonous substance and was found in a helpless condition under a tree in a yard at Melville Village, Wakenaam. He was being rushed to the Suddie Hospital on the Essequibo Coast when he died on the way.
It is suspected that Balgobin endured domestic problems with his wife, who is also a teacher at the same school.
He was a respected headmaster who served the country’s education sector faithfully for many years and has also left to mourn two grown children, as well.
The police are investigating his death.