Man kills self after being thrashed; sarpanch booked

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 19

Disturbed over being thrashed by the sarpanch of the village, a man identified as Sardool Singh (48), committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in the Daburji area here on Friday. He died in the hospital late Friday night.

He was cremated at his village after the post-mortem examination on Sunday. Gurnam Singh, investigating officer, said the police had registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC against Baljinder Singh, the sarpanch of the village. He was on the run since the incident.

Victim’s son Mandhir Singh stated to the police that on Friday at around 11am he along his paternal uncle Ranjit Singh was going for work and reached outside Daburji where they saw Baljinder Singh thrashing his father Sardool Singh publicly. On seeing them, he left him and used abusive language against them. He said the accused thought that his father was creating hurdles in digging up of a pond which was the reason behind the incident.

Feeling insulted over this Sardool got perturbed. He returned home and consumed sulphas tablets. He was immediately rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital where he died on late Friday night. Gurnam Singh said further investigations were underway.