26-year-old man ends life over new district in Telangana

Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man committed suicide in public view demanding that his native place be attached to the newly carved Medak district. Udavati Raju, a native of Nagireddy Peta, left a suicide note stating that his native place should be detached from the new Kamareddy district and be attached to Medak district.

Raju poured petrol over his body and lit a match before anybody could stop him. Though he was rushed to hospital, he succumbed to his injuries in a few minutes. An intermediate dropout, Raju, who was part of the local movement in Nagireddy Peta, came to Hyderabad a day ago. On Saturday afternoon, eyewitnesses at Tank Bund alerted police about a man threatening to set himself ablaze.

Victim did not accept any help
“He was standing near the Kshetrayya statue on Tank Bund. He threw his Aadhar card, a paper and a few of his photographs on the pavement before pouring petrol on himself. As soon as the police arrived, he set himself on fire and did not allow others to put it off,” said an eyewitness to the incident.

The police who rushed to the spot tried to extinguish the fire, but succeeded only after the victim suffered grievous burns. “He had sustained over 90 per cent burns on his body. When we tried to rush him to the hospital, he yelled that he did not want to go to hospital. He died in the next few minutes,” said Gandhinagar inspector A. Sanjeev Rao.

Cops said that they were investigating the reason behind his suicide. “We have to talk to his parents and relatives,” Mr Sanjeeva Rao said. Sources said that Raju was frustrated that he could not get a job He was hoping that his native place would be part of Medak district, which would increase chances of better development of his village.