Sarpanch commits suicide in Rajasthan village

A 62-year-old former Sarpanch of Dodi panchayat has allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling in his farmhouse in Baran district.

On Thursday an advocate and a woman were booked for abetment to the suicide of Hardayal Meena, former Sarpanch of Dodi panchayat. "He hanged himself from the ceiling of his farmhouse room. A suicide note was also recovered from the pocket", Mahendra Singh, SHO of Baran police station said.

The suicide note recovered by police which was found in his pocket mentions that the woman and the advocate had been blackmailing him for the last 10 years by threatening to file false rape case against him. As per SHO, Meena has mentioned the names, addresses and mobile numbers of the woman and the advocate and held them responsible for his suicide, Singh said.

A case on the charge of abetment to suicide and under relevant sections of the SC/ST Act has been lodged against the advocate and the woman on the basis of the suicide note and a complaint by Meena’s brother. As per the police, the woman mentioned in the suicide note was a selected candidate for Rajasthan judicial services but has not joined the service as a case related to her joining is pending in a court.