Kundapur, Jun 14: In what can be billed as a rarest of rare incident, a Village Assistant consumed poison in the office citing work pressure and mental torture by higher ups as a reason. The said VA who could not tolerate the fact of being reduced to domestic help for a higher official is now battling for life in a hospital after a failed bid to end his life.
The victim is Mahadevappa Nagappa Nayak (38), a resident of Bhatkal who had been serving as a VA in Bhatkal over the last 20 years.
The victim is said to have been ill-treated by V R P Manohar, who took charge as Assistant Commission recently. It is said that AC has been summoning the VA for domestic work and has been denying even leaves to him. The VA was not even sent on election duty and was instead asked to do the household work by the AC, who has even withheld three months' salary of Mr Nayak.
The said VA hails from economically backward family. Being the eldest son of the family, he has the responsibility to take care of the whole family and when the VA brought this issue to the notice of the Assistant Commissioner, he suspended Mr Nayak on grounds of dereliction of duty.
Unable to retaliate and put up with the torture, Mr Nayak attempted to suicide in his office on Thursday by drinking phenyl.
He is undergoing treatment at Kundapur hospital.
The high-handedness of the AC has been condemned by labour unions and various other organisations.
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