Tea seller slits his throat in Raopura police station

Vadodara: A tea seller, who was arrested by cops for selling tea and cigarettes from his house, slit his throat using a piece of glass at Raopura police station here on Wednesday afternoon.
Sunil Raval was arrested after one of his neighbours complained to police control room that he was selling tea, cigarettes and other tobacco products from his house despite lockdown. On receiving information, cops nabbed Raval and brought him to police station to register an offence of violation of public notification. Police sources said at the police station, Raval got into arguments with cops following which one of them hit him with a baton.
An infuriated Raval broke the mirror outside the bathroom in the police station and hurt himself. As Raval bled profusely, cops rushed him to SSG Hospital. A police officer said doctors had to put two stitches on the wound to stop the bleeding.
“In the past too, he had attempted suicide after his wife left him and on Wednesday again he hurt himself,” deputy commissioner of police Sandeep Chaudhary said.
Another police officer said earlier too Raval was brought to the police station when he was found roaming on road and warned not to violate lockdown guidelines before letting him go.