Man’s body found on railroad track in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow:
On Friday, a 50-year-old man committed suicide in eastern Uttar Pradesh, leaving behind a suicide note that blames India’s prolonged foreclosure against the coronavirus pandemic for its inability to take care of its family.
Bhanu Prakash Gupta’s body was found on a railroad track in Lakhimpur Kheri district and the suicide note found on it. Mr. Gupta worked at a hotel in the nearby Shahjahanpur district. He leaves behind four children, his wife and his sick mother
The man has been unemployed since the lockdown and has reportedly run out of money in the past few days.
In the suicide note, the man said that even though there was wheat and rice in his house, thanks to a government rationing store, it was not enough. He said he had no money to buy other essentials like sugar, salt and milk.
Gupta also said that his elderly mother was very sick and it hurt that he could not care for her and that the district administration did not help him.
The Uttar Pradesh government has promised assistance to the family.
“We have done a preliminary investigation. He has a ration card and he received grain this month according to his quota and therefore, he did not run out of grain. We will investigate the reasons for the suicide. We have found the suicide note, “said Shailendra Kumar Singh, Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate.
Congresswoman Priyanka Gandhi Vadra struck the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh and in the center today, referring to the first anniversary of the second term of the National Democratic Alliance government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“In an unfortunate incident, Bhanu Gupta of the UP committed suicide by passing under a train. His work had stopped. He and his mother had to be treated. He only received government rations. But his letter says that there are other items to buy as well. There are other needs as well. This letter may not reach you like the one that celebrates a year. But read this, “said the congressional leader.
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