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A 50-year-old differently-abled antheral who attempted to termination himself astatine the Krishnagiri Collectorate connected May 18 implicit a onshore quality died astatine the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital successful Salem connected Wednesday nighttime (May 20, 2026).
The deceased was identified arsenic Venkatesh of Shoolagiri. He had allegedly acceptable himself ablaze connected the Collectorate premises and was initially admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital successful Krishnagiri earlier being shifted to Salem for further treatment.
On Thursday (May 21, 2026), his daughter, V. Sharmila, submitted a petition to the Salem territory medication seeking enactment against Revenue Department officials, alleging negligence successful resolving the onshore dispute, fabrication of documents and their relation successful her father’s death.
In the petition, she said her begetter had repeatedly approached officials seeking a due survey of his onshore pursuing a long-pending bound dispute. Though petitions were submitted respective times, nary factual enactment was taken. Officials had erstwhile visited the tract claiming to behaviour a survey, but allegedly near without completing the exercise, assuring him that it would beryllium done later.
She further stated that her begetter aboriginal met the officials again regarding the contented and subsequently suffered terrible intelligence distress, pursuing which helium attempted self-immolation. Ms. Sharmila besides alleged that officials were present claiming that the onshore survey had been completed and were attempting to adjacent the lawsuit utilizing documents purportedly containing her father’s signature. She claimed that her begetter was illiterate and utilized lone thumb impressions, raising doubts implicit the authenticity of the documents.
Seeking a thorough inquiry, she urged the territory medication to instrumentality strict enactment against the officials acrophobic and supply justness to the family. The household refused to person the assemblage and staged a sit-in-protest extracurricular the Collectorate premises. Later, constabulary unit pacified them.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is disposable connected the State’s wellness helpline (104) and Sneha’s termination prevention helpline (044-2464 0050).
