Karwar: A village accountant working at the assistant commissioner's office in Karwar ended his life by hanging himself in Karwar on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Eshwar Bhat of Salkodu in Honnavar taluk.

It is said that Bhat had hired a room at a lodge in Karwar on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning, he reported to duty but he returned and hanged himself in the hotel room. In a letter found at the hotel room, Bhat is said to have claimed that he was ending his life due to ill health.

Karwar Police have registered a case.