Cowshed operator attempts suicide in Jalandhar, live streams on FB

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, August 30

A cowshed operator attempted suicide by consuming some poisonous substance live on Facebook here on Monday. Dharamaveer Dhamma, operator of the Govind Dham Gaushala, Lambra, posted pictures live streaming his suicide attempt and named several people for causing harassment to him. He named a Congress MLA, a police officer and several other persons saying they had made his life miserable by repeatedly threatening him and asking him to close his gaushala.

In his FB live, Dharamveer alleged that after getting fed up with them, he was going to commit suicide. He also stated he had already consumed poison. The allegations that Dharamveer made during his FB live, were directed at a Congress MLA, a police officer among others who he named during his live stream.

Responding to the attempted suicide case, Lambra police said since doctors had declared Dharamveer unfit to make a statement, they had not yet got his statement on the issue. The police said any action could be taken only after the statement was taken.

Notably, Dharamveer is brother of a senior BJP leader, Mandeep Bakshi.

Dharamveer has been admitted to a private hospital in Jalandhar. Meanwhile, Mandeep Bakshi could not be contacted despite repeated calls on his phone.

SHO, Lambra, Sukhdev Singh said, “We have not been able to take the statement of Dharamaveer since doctors have declared him unfit to give a statement right now. An FIR has also not been registered against him yet because we cannot initiate any action until a statement is made. The allegations made by him have been noted but we can only take further action after we record his statement.”