Naidu supporter commits suicide
A differently- abled man from Andhra Pradesh, who had came to national capital to participate in the hunger strike by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison outside Andhra Bhawan in the national capital.
The deceased identified as, Davala Arjun Rao, a native of resident of Kinthali village in Srikakulam district. He was facing a financial crisis and had come to the Delhi to participate in a day- long hunger strike, said the police on Monday. Mr Naidu is on a strike to demand special status for his state and fulfilment of commitments made by the Centre under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Police said the incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Police maintained that at around 7 am, they were informed by an Emergency Response Vehicle ( ERV) about an unidentified ◗ Police said that at around 7 am, they were informed by an Emergency Response Vehicle ( ERV) about an unidentified body lying on footpath of Jaswant Singh Road. The man was found dead on a wheelchair and a suicide note written in Telugu was recovered from the spot.
body lying near the footpath of Jaswant Singh Road in Lutyens Delhi.
Mr Rao was found dead on a wheelchair and a suicide note written in Telugu was recovered from the spot, said Deputy Commissioner of Police ( New Delhi) Madhur Verma. In the two- page suicide note, Mr Rao cited financial crisis as the reason for taking such an extreme step, Mr Verma said.
Proceedings have been initiated and further inquiry is in progress, the DCP said. The body has been preserved in mortuary and will be sent for post- mortem after the family reaches Delhi, they added.