Overview
- Former youth footballer Sagar Sorti, also reported as Sorati, was found hanging from a tree in Palghar’s Mendhavan Khind forest on November 18 and was identified via his mobile phone.
- Kasa police registered an Accidental Death Report, and a JJ Hospital post-mortem lists hanging as the cause of death.
- Police say they suspect suicide, found no note at the scene, and are contacting people he spoke with that day and checking any mental health treatment history.
- He had left home saying he was traveling to Pune for football and was reported missing days before the discovery.
- Family members told police and media he had struggled with mental health for about two years and had withdrawn from friends and wedding preparations.