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  • Owaisi’s kin and top Hyderabad doctor dies by suicide

    By IANS

    HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s well-known orthopaedic surgeon Dr Mazharuddin Ali Khan allegedly shot himself dead at his residence in the city on Monday, police said.

    Khan, 60, took the extreme step at his residence in Banjara Hills. He was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills but doctors declared him dead on arrival.

    Khan was the Superintendent of Owaisi Hospital and also the father-in-law of AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s second daughter.

    The physician had a gunshot wound on the right side of his head. Police shifted the body for autopsy.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police Joel Davis said Khan apparently shot himself dead due to property and family disputes.

    The police officer said the doctor had the gun license and investigations were on to verify if he used the licensed gun for the extreme step. “Prima facie, he killed himself with his licensed weapon but investigations are on,” he said.

    Khan is believed to have killed himself four hours before he was brought to the hospital. He was alone at his home and when he did not respond to phone calls, some relatives had gone to check on him. He was found in a pool of blood and was taken to the hospital.

    Khan had been associated with Owaisi Hospital since its inception. His son Dr Abid Ali Khan had married Asaduddin Owaisi’s second daughter in 2020.

    (If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (available 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

    HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s well-known orthopaedic surgeon Dr Mazharuddin Ali Khan allegedly shot himself dead at his residence in the city on Monday, police said.

    Khan, 60, took the extreme step at his residence in Banjara Hills. He was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills but doctors declared him dead on arrival.

    Khan was the Superintendent of Owaisi Hospital and also the father-in-law of AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s second daughter.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    The physician had a gunshot wound on the right side of his head. Police shifted the body for autopsy.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police Joel Davis said Khan apparently shot himself dead due to property and family disputes.

    The police officer said the doctor had the gun license and investigations were on to verify if he used the licensed gun for the extreme step. “Prima facie, he killed himself with his licensed weapon but investigations are on,” he said.

    Khan is believed to have killed himself four hours before he was brought to the hospital. He was alone at his home and when he did not respond to phone calls, some relatives had gone to check on him. He was found in a pool of blood and was taken to the hospital.

    Khan had been associated with Owaisi Hospital since its inception. His son Dr Abid Ali Khan had married Asaduddin Owaisi’s second daughter in 2020.

    (If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (available 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

  • Suicide of Dalit youth in MP: Special court directs police to register FIR, submit report

    By PTI

    INDORE: A special court in Indore has ordered the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the February 2022 suicide of a 21-year-old Dalit man due to alleged police torture.

    The family of the deceased had alleged that he was tortured by police as he was in love with a Brahmin girl and eloped with her.

    Police allegedly refused to probe the suicide, so the family moved a special court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases, said the family’s lawyer Neeraj Kumar Soni.

    Special judge Manoj Kumar Tiwari earlier this month ordered the Scheduled Castes welfare police station here to register a case and submit a report after a probe, Soni said.

    Badia, a B Com student, left home along with his Brahmin girlfriend on February 9, 2022, with the intention of getting married, as per the complaint.

    Police sub-inspector Vikas Sharma, posing as the girl’s uncle, visited his house on the same day and threatened the family members using casteist words, the complaint said.

    Sharma called Akash to Chandan Nagar police station on February 10, 2022, and beat him up inside an ambulance parked on the police station premises, it alleged.

    The police officers allegedly warned him that if he married the woman, he would be implicated in rape and drug cases and spend his whole life in jail.

    Akash allegedly hanged himself at home on February 16, 2022.

    A note on his mobile phone accused Vikas Sharma and another official of the Chandan Nagar Police Station of being responsible for his death.

    Despite the family’s complaint, no suicide case was registered, the complaint alleged.

    INDORE: A special court in Indore has ordered the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the February 2022 suicide of a 21-year-old Dalit man due to alleged police torture.

    The family of the deceased had alleged that he was tortured by police as he was in love with a Brahmin girl and eloped with her.

    Police allegedly refused to probe the suicide, so the family moved a special court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases, said the family’s lawyer Neeraj Kumar Soni.

    Special judge Manoj Kumar Tiwari earlier this month ordered the Scheduled Castes welfare police station here to register a case and submit a report after a probe, Soni said.

    Badia, a B Com student, left home along with his Brahmin girlfriend on February 9, 2022, with the intention of getting married, as per the complaint.

    Police sub-inspector Vikas Sharma, posing as the girl’s uncle, visited his house on the same day and threatened the family members using casteist words, the complaint said.

    Sharma called Akash to Chandan Nagar police station on February 10, 2022, and beat him up inside an ambulance parked on the police station premises, it alleged.

    The police officers allegedly warned him that if he married the woman, he would be implicated in rape and drug cases and spend his whole life in jail.

    Akash allegedly hanged himself at home on February 16, 2022.

    A note on his mobile phone accused Vikas Sharma and another official of the Chandan Nagar Police Station of being responsible for his death.

    Despite the family’s complaint, no suicide case was registered, the complaint alleged.

  • Rajasthan police officer’s suicide: Warrant against Cong MLA Krishna Poonia

    By IANS

    JAIPUR: A bailable warrant was issued against former Olympian and Sadulpur (Churu) MLA Krishna Poonia on Tuesday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has issued an order for Poonia to appear on March 4. The MLA is accused of inciting Vishnudutt Bishnoi, the then SHO Rajgarh (Churu) police station in Bikaner division, to commit suicide.

    On May 23, 2020, Vishnudutt Bishnoi, the then station officer of Rajgarh, had committed suicide. Vishnudutt’s brother Sandeep Bishnoi had accused Krishna Poonia of harassing him. Sandeep lodged a police complaint stating that Krishna Poonia was responsible for Vishnudutt’s suicide.

    The matter was earlier investigated by the CB CID. The local people demanded handing over the investigation to the CBI. After this, the state government handed over the case to the CBI which had imposed FR in its investigation. The FR report was submitted to the ACMM (CBI), Jodhpur. Here the court dismissed the FR while ordering a re-investigation of the case. Also, it summoned Krishna Poonia, issuing a bailable warrant against her.

    A screenshot of a WhatsApp chat between the SHO and his activist friend went viral where the police officer claimed that he was “being trapped in dirty politics at the local level”.

    However, the representative of Krishna Poonia, Virendra Poonia said: We are completely innocent in this case. We will appeal this in the High Court.

    It has been accepted in the CBI report that Poonia used to call the police. He was also upset because of this.

    After Vishnudutt’s suicide, his minor son also hanged himself at home. He was a student of class XI and was quite upset over his father’s death. After the death of both father and son, the whole family was broken.

    Vishnudutt Bishnoi had written two suicide notes. One suicide note was written to his family members, the other to the then Churu SP Tejaswini Gautam. In this, he wrote: Respected madam, sorry, please, so much pressure was created around me that I could not bear the stress. I tried to give my best to Rajasthan Police till my last breath. It is requested not to disturb anyone. I was not a coward. Just couldn’t take the stress. I am my own culprit.

    Meanwhile, Krishna Poonia speaking to the media said, “I haven’t received the court warrant yet and have received information only from the media. I’ve been interrogated once but have not been called anywhere for further probe,” she added.

    JAIPUR: A bailable warrant was issued against former Olympian and Sadulpur (Churu) MLA Krishna Poonia on Tuesday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has issued an order for Poonia to appear on March 4. The MLA is accused of inciting Vishnudutt Bishnoi, the then SHO Rajgarh (Churu) police station in Bikaner division, to commit suicide.

    On May 23, 2020, Vishnudutt Bishnoi, the then station officer of Rajgarh, had committed suicide. Vishnudutt’s brother Sandeep Bishnoi had accused Krishna Poonia of harassing him. Sandeep lodged a police complaint stating that Krishna Poonia was responsible for Vishnudutt’s suicide.

    The matter was earlier investigated by the CB CID. The local people demanded handing over the investigation to the CBI. After this, the state government handed over the case to the CBI which had imposed FR in its investigation. The FR report was submitted to the ACMM (CBI), Jodhpur. Here the court dismissed the FR while ordering a re-investigation of the case. Also, it summoned Krishna Poonia, issuing a bailable warrant against her.

    A screenshot of a WhatsApp chat between the SHO and his activist friend went viral where the police officer claimed that he was “being trapped in dirty politics at the local level”.

    However, the representative of Krishna Poonia, Virendra Poonia said: We are completely innocent in this case. We will appeal this in the High Court.

    It has been accepted in the CBI report that Poonia used to call the police. He was also upset because of this.

    After Vishnudutt’s suicide, his minor son also hanged himself at home. He was a student of class XI and was quite upset over his father’s death. After the death of both father and son, the whole family was broken.

    Vishnudutt Bishnoi had written two suicide notes. One suicide note was written to his family members, the other to the then Churu SP Tejaswini Gautam. In this, he wrote: Respected madam, sorry, please, so much pressure was created around me that I could not bear the stress. I tried to give my best to Rajasthan Police till my last breath. It is requested not to disturb anyone. I was not a coward. Just couldn’t take the stress. I am my own culprit.

    Meanwhile, Krishna Poonia speaking to the media said, “I haven’t received the court warrant yet and have received information only from the media. I’ve been interrogated once but have not been called anywhere for further probe,” she added.

  • Three students in Rajasthan’s Kota die by suicide

    By Online Desk

    Three students in Rajasthan’s Kota reportedly died by suicide on Monday, reported NDTV. They were 16, 17, and 18 years old, and were preparing for competitive exams. 

    They were friends and were staying in the same hostel in adjacent rooms. 

    Ankush and Ujjwal, were from Bihar while the third student, Pranav, hailed from Madhya Pradesh.

    Ankush was preparing for the engineering college entrance exam.

    Ujjwal and Pranav were preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), a pre-medical entrance test.

    (If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (available 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

    Three students in Rajasthan’s Kota reportedly died by suicide on Monday, reported NDTV. They were 16, 17, and 18 years old, and were preparing for competitive exams. 

    They were friends and were staying in the same hostel in adjacent rooms. 

    Ankush and Ujjwal, were from Bihar while the third student, Pranav, hailed from Madhya Pradesh.

    Ankush was preparing for the engineering college entrance exam.

    Ujjwal and Pranav were preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), a pre-medical entrance test.

    (If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (available 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

  • Dalit student doing first-year MBBS course dies by suicide in UP’s Firozabad; kin alleges harassment

    By Online Desk

    A first-year MBBS student, belonging to the Dalit community, died by suicide in his hostel room at Firozabad Medical College (Autonomous State Medical College Society) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, reports said.

    The 21-year-old student, Shailendra Kumar, hailing from Kaushalya Nagar in Firozabad, was found hanging in his hostel room.

    Reports said that the student didn’t turn up for an exam on Saturday. His friends went to his hostel room to check why he had not appeared for the exam and found it locked from the inside. They broke open the door and found him hanging. He was rushed to a hospital but to no avail.

    The students of the college blocked the National Highway near the district hospital in Firozabad demanding justice for the victim. They accused the principal of the college, the hostel warden among others for abetting the suicide.

    The student’s kin claimed that he was harassed by the college administration since he was a Dalit. The student had informed his parents several times about the harassment. The victim’s father, according to a report, said that his son was vocal against the college administration over irregularities and lack of basic facilities in the college. The college administration threatened to suspend him. He was also not allowed to sit for the Physiology exam on Saturday morning. Shortly thereafter he resorted to the extreme step.

    The victim’s father was quoted in a report as saying that the college even refused to provide an ambulance to take his son to the hospital. Finally, he was taken on a motorcycle.

    Police have registered a case and are investigating.

    A first-year MBBS student, belonging to the Dalit community, died by suicide in his hostel room at Firozabad Medical College (Autonomous State Medical College Society) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, reports said.

    The 21-year-old student, Shailendra Kumar, hailing from Kaushalya Nagar in Firozabad, was found hanging in his hostel room.

    Reports said that the student didn’t turn up for an exam on Saturday. His friends went to his hostel room to check why he had not appeared for the exam and found it locked from the inside. They broke open the door and found him hanging. He was rushed to a hospital but to no avail.

    The students of the college blocked the National Highway near the district hospital in Firozabad demanding justice for the victim. They accused the principal of the college, the hostel warden among others for abetting the suicide.

    The student’s kin claimed that he was harassed by the college administration since he was a Dalit. The student had informed his parents several times about the harassment. The victim’s father, according to a report, said that his son was vocal against the college administration over irregularities and lack of basic facilities in the college. The college administration threatened to suspend him. He was also not allowed to sit for the Physiology exam on Saturday morning. Shortly thereafter he resorted to the extreme step.

    The victim’s father was quoted in a report as saying that the college even refused to provide an ambulance to take his son to the hospital. Finally, he was taken on a motorcycle.

    Police have registered a case and are investigating.

  • Class 8 student dies by suicide in UP; father says ‘son harassed at school for delay in paying fees’

    By PTI

    GHAZIABAD: A Class 8 student allegedly hanged himself in his room with his father claiming that his son took the step after being harassed in school for not submitting his fees, police said on Thursday.

    The incident took place at Shibban Pura Colony in Sihani Gate police station limits here, they said.

    The boy’s father has lodged a complaint against the school management alleging that his son was harassed and not permitted to attend classes for failing to pay his fees, the police added.

    The child felt insulted and hanged himself after returning home from school, Circle Officer (City 2nd) Alok Dubey said, quoting the complaint.

    During interrogation, the school management said the student and his classmate had a tiff, for which their parents were called.

    While the father of the other students reached school, the deceased student did not inform his parents.

    On Thursday, he was told to call his father, failing which he would not be allowed to attend classes, the police said.

    He possibly took his life due to this, the school management told police.

    The case is under investigation and action will be initiated against any errant school staff if they are found guilty, Dubey said.

    GHAZIABAD: A Class 8 student allegedly hanged himself in his room with his father claiming that his son took the step after being harassed in school for not submitting his fees, police said on Thursday.

    The incident took place at Shibban Pura Colony in Sihani Gate police station limits here, they said.

    The boy’s father has lodged a complaint against the school management alleging that his son was harassed and not permitted to attend classes for failing to pay his fees, the police added.

    The child felt insulted and hanged himself after returning home from school, Circle Officer (City 2nd) Alok Dubey said, quoting the complaint.

    During interrogation, the school management said the student and his classmate had a tiff, for which their parents were called.

    While the father of the other students reached school, the deceased student did not inform his parents.

    On Thursday, he was told to call his father, failing which he would not be allowed to attend classes, the police said.

    He possibly took his life due to this, the school management told police.

    The case is under investigation and action will be initiated against any errant school staff if they are found guilty, Dubey said.

  • 20-year-old student dies by suicide in IIT Guwahati 

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI: A 20-year-old student, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, police said on Monday.

    The student, identified as Gudla Mahesh Sai Raj, was a fifth-semester B Tech student in computer science and engineering and is alleged to have committed suicide on Sunday due to ”mental pressure,” police said.

    Investigations are on to ascertain the exact cause of the death, an official of the Amingaon police station said.

    The body has been sent for postmortem and will be handed to the family after that.

    IITG in a statement claimed the body of a young man was found in one of the hostel buildings and has been “identified as a former student of the institute”.

    According to an IIT source, the student was terminated from his course due to “poor academic performance”.

    The institute has informed the family and they have reached the campus, the statement said, adding that IIT Guwahati expresses its deepest condolences to the family at this time of profound grief.

    “We will cooperate with the police investigation and will also commission an internal investigation on this matter,” the statement added.

    GUWAHATI: A 20-year-old student, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, police said on Monday.

    The student, identified as Gudla Mahesh Sai Raj, was a fifth-semester B Tech student in computer science and engineering and is alleged to have committed suicide on Sunday due to ”mental pressure,” police said.

    Investigations are on to ascertain the exact cause of the death, an official of the Amingaon police station said.

    The body has been sent for postmortem and will be handed to the family after that.

    IITG in a statement claimed the body of a young man was found in one of the hostel buildings and has been “identified as a former student of the institute”.

    According to an IIT source, the student was terminated from his course due to “poor academic performance”.

    The institute has informed the family and they have reached the campus, the statement said, adding that IIT Guwahati expresses its deepest condolences to the family at this time of profound grief.

    “We will cooperate with the police investigation and will also commission an internal investigation on this matter,” the statement added.

  • Harassed by father out on parole, two sisters in UP consume poison; one dead

    By PTI

    BANDA: Fed up of being harassed by their father, who was out on parole, two sisters allegedly consumed poison here, resulting in the death of one, police said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place in Parhri village under the Baberu police station area.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra said on late Sunday night, two sisters had consumed poison.

    Both the sisters were rushed to the Banda Medical College for treatment, where Priyanka (21) died on Monday.

    The younger sister Sapna (19) is undergoing treatment, he added.

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    The mother of the girls Rekha Devi lodged a complaint against her husband Malkhan Singh, brother-in-law Suresh and Rajesh, following which a case of abetting suicide was registered against them, Mishra said, adding that the father has been arrested.

    Citing the complaint lodged, the Additional SP said the three often used to beat her and her daughters, threatened the with a countrymade pistol and did not allow them to cook food in the house.

    The accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in a double murder case, which had taken place 16 years ago and had come home on parole six months ago, he added.

    BANDA: Fed up of being harassed by their father, who was out on parole, two sisters allegedly consumed poison here, resulting in the death of one, police said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place in Parhri village under the Baberu police station area.

    Additional Superintendent of Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra said on late Sunday night, two sisters had consumed poison.

    Both the sisters were rushed to the Banda Medical College for treatment, where Priyanka (21) died on Monday.

    The younger sister Sapna (19) is undergoing treatment, he added.

    ALSO READ | 16-year-old Dalit girl who was gang-raped, set ablaze in UP’s Pilibhit dies 12 days later

    The mother of the girls Rekha Devi lodged a complaint against her husband Malkhan Singh, brother-in-law Suresh and Rajesh, following which a case of abetting suicide was registered against them, Mishra said, adding that the father has been arrested.

    Citing the complaint lodged, the Additional SP said the three often used to beat her and her daughters, threatened the with a countrymade pistol and did not allow them to cook food in the house.

    The accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in a double murder case, which had taken place 16 years ago and had come home on parole six months ago, he added.

  • Country legend Willie Nelson reveals he was driven to brink of suicide in his late twenties

    By Online Desk

    Country legend Willie Nelson has revealed that in his late twenties he reached a “definite low point” and was driven to the brink of suicide after struggling to find success.

    “Looking back over my life, my early days in Nashville were a definite low point. I’m not one to easily fall prey to depression, but depression had me in its grips,” Willie wrote.

    He added: “My get-up-and-go attitude was challenged. That’s saying something because my get-up-and-go attitude is deep inside my DNA.

    It was in his tribute to his late friend Paul English, that The On The Road Again singer spoke candidly about his mental health struggles, reports Daily Mirror.

    The country music icon, 89, first met Paul in 1955, but had no idea just how much the relationship would change his life. The two remained close friends up until Paul’s death two years ago at the age of 87.

    The singer has memorialised his pal with his new memoir Me and Paul: Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship.

    The book, which is released on Tuesday, recounts the ways in which Paul supported Willie for more than six decades, according to Daily Mirror.

    Country legend Willie Nelson has revealed that in his late twenties he reached a “definite low point” and was driven to the brink of suicide after struggling to find success.

    “Looking back over my life, my early days in Nashville were a definite low point. I’m not one to easily fall prey to depression, but depression had me in its grips,” Willie wrote.

    He added: “My get-up-and-go attitude was challenged. That’s saying something because my get-up-and-go attitude is deep inside my DNA.

    It was in his tribute to his late friend Paul English, that The On The Road Again singer spoke candidly about his mental health struggles, reports Daily Mirror.

    The country music icon, 89, first met Paul in 1955, but had no idea just how much the relationship would change his life. The two remained close friends up until Paul’s death two years ago at the age of 87.

    The singer has memorialised his pal with his new memoir Me and Paul: Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship.

    The book, which is released on Tuesday, recounts the ways in which Paul supported Willie for more than six decades, according to Daily Mirror.

  • Seer ends his life in Rajasthan’s Jalore, case against BJP MLA for abetting suicide

    By PTI

    JODHPUR: A seer died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Jalore after he was allegedly pressured by a BJP MLA to give way through his hermitage to the land where the legislator wanted to build a resort, according to police.

    Police also recovered a suicide note from the spot but did not disclose its content.

    After Ravinath (60) was found hanging from a tree at Jalore’s Rajapura village on Thursday night, seers at the hermitage did not allow police to take down the body, demanding that the suicide note’s content be disclosed.

    Meanwhile, Bhinmal MLA Pooraram Choudhary denied the allegations and demanded a fair investigation.

    Jalore SP Harshwardhan Agarwalla said they have registered an abetment of suicide case against the legislator on a complaint given by the seers.

    “They have not yet taken down the body. We are trying to convince them for a post-mortem,” Agarwalla said.

    He admitted that a suicide note was recovered but refused to disclose its content, saying it may impact the investigation.

    The SP said they have got information on Friday morning that Ravinath was found hanging from a tree in Rajapura.

    The seers there blamed the Bhinmal MLA for the suicide and claimed that the legislator had been harassing the victim for the past some time.

    Police said Choudhary has a piece of land adjacent to the hermitage and he was preparing to build a resort there.

    “But to reach his land, he needed through the hermitage, for which Choudhary had been forcing Ravinath to provide him land for it,” said an official.

    Choudhary junked the allegations and said he himself has surrendered land for the hermitage of Ravinath.

    “The allegations are false. I have on the contrary surrendered my land for the hermitage. I urge for a fair investigation into the matter. This appears to be a case of murder and Ravinath must get justice,” said Choudhary.

    JODHPUR: A seer died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Jalore after he was allegedly pressured by a BJP MLA to give way through his hermitage to the land where the legislator wanted to build a resort, according to police.

    Police also recovered a suicide note from the spot but did not disclose its content.

    After Ravinath (60) was found hanging from a tree at Jalore’s Rajapura village on Thursday night, seers at the hermitage did not allow police to take down the body, demanding that the suicide note’s content be disclosed.

    Meanwhile, Bhinmal MLA Pooraram Choudhary denied the allegations and demanded a fair investigation.

    Jalore SP Harshwardhan Agarwalla said they have registered an abetment of suicide case against the legislator on a complaint given by the seers.

    “They have not yet taken down the body. We are trying to convince them for a post-mortem,” Agarwalla said.

    He admitted that a suicide note was recovered but refused to disclose its content, saying it may impact the investigation.

    The SP said they have got information on Friday morning that Ravinath was found hanging from a tree in Rajapura.

    The seers there blamed the Bhinmal MLA for the suicide and claimed that the legislator had been harassing the victim for the past some time.

    Police said Choudhary has a piece of land adjacent to the hermitage and he was preparing to build a resort there.

    “But to reach his land, he needed through the hermitage, for which Choudhary had been forcing Ravinath to provide him land for it,” said an official.

    Choudhary junked the allegations and said he himself has surrendered land for the hermitage of Ravinath.

    “The allegations are false. I have on the contrary surrendered my land for the hermitage. I urge for a fair investigation into the matter. This appears to be a case of murder and Ravinath must get justice,” said Choudhary.