BLO issues suicide threat, revenue officials reach out to him

In yet different lawsuit of a booth level serviceman (BLO) expressing distress implicit the mounting workload from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), an authoritative from the Poonjar grama panchayat successful Kottayam has threatened to perpetrate suicide, citing unbearable unit associated with the exercise.

The official, identified arsenic Antony, who serves arsenic the BLO for booth fig 110 successful the Poonjar Assembly constituency, alleged that helium has been facing terrible accent and harsh moving conditions arsenic portion of the SIR duties assigned to him.

In an audio enactment shared successful an authoritative WhatsApp group, Mr. Antony is heard saying that the workload progressive successful SIR has pushed him to the brink. In the recording, Mr. Antony describes himself arsenic mentally breached and says helium is incapable to header with the expanding demands and fears that the concern could escalate to unit oregon self-harm.

“ Officers tin accidental immoderate they privation sitting successful AC rooms. They don’t recognize our issues. If I perpetrate suicide, this Election Commission and the SIR volition beryllium responsible,” helium says successful the clip.

An worker with the Government Polytechnic College successful Idukki, Mr. Antony has been progressive successful the door-to-door verification process, which requires officers to administer forms, cod completed ones, and verify existing records.

‘At a infinitesimal of distress'

Taking superior enactment of the incident, officials from the Revenue section connected Monday reached retired to Mr. Antony astatine his residence. They informed him that helium could beryllium relieved from the work if helium wished, but Mr. Antony said helium preferred to continue. He explained that helium had sent the dependable connection during a infinitesimal of aggravated affectional strain. “He is perfectly good now. He had immoderate earthy pressure. The full section is acceptable to enactment him. Higher authorities, including the District Collector, person extended afloat enactment to Mr. Antony successful completing the task,” said Niju Mon, lawman tahsildar, Kanjirappally.

Following his petition for help, 2 unit members from the Mundakkayam colony bureau person been assigned to assistance him.