A petitioner, identified arsenic B. Venkata Ramana from Bobbili town, reportedly attempted to self-immolate by pouring diesel connected himself astatine the Collectorate premises successful Vizianagaram territory office connected Monday. Police unit contiguous astatine the grievance hallway noticed his attempt, and rushed on with officials and prevented him from mounting himself connected fire.
According to a two-page grievance, allegedly written by the petitioner, Mr. Venkata Ramana, helium had sought enactment from the acrophobic authorities to forestall locals successful Bobbili municipality from encroaching connected his land. Speaking to The Hindu over the telephone connected Monday, Vizianagaram District Collector S. Rama Sundar Reddy said that the petitioner is believed to beryllium mentally unsound.
“The petitioner has been registering grievances each week without immoderate grounds to enactment his claims. Earlier, we had asked his household members to forestall him from registering fake grievances”, said Mr. Rama Sundar Reddy.
The Collector further added that Mr. Venkata Ramana did not win successful self-immolating connected Monday, arsenic helium was prevented by the radical astir him and was aboriginal handed implicit to his family.

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