UP Man, Allegedly Asked By Boss To "Send Wife For A Night", Kills Himself
NDTV
Junior engineer Nagendra Kumar and a clerk have been suspended and a police case has been registered.
An employee of the Uttar Pradesh power department died by suicide, allegedly after a senior official asked him to "send his wife for a night" if he wanted a transfer.
Upset and humiliated, 45-year-old Gokul Prasad poured diesel over himself outside the junior engineer's office in Lakhimpur and set himself on fire. He was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment on Sunday.
Junior engineer Nagendra Kumar and a clerk have been suspended and a police case has been registered.
In a video shot after Gokul Prasad had set himself on fire, he is seen in immense pain as he narrates what led him to the extreme step. He alleges that the junior engineer and his aide had been harassing him and that he had approached the police, but received no help.
