Image used for representational purpose onlyJAIPUR: A man on Tuesday allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison near the residence of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot in Civil Lines area. Police posted at CM residence thwarted the attempt and rushed him to SMS Hospital, where he is being treated. Sodala police later filed an FIR against him.
Meanwhile, a purported letter written by him addressed to the chief minister has surfaced on social media in which he has alleged that he was under stress because of police inaction and pressure to withdraw a complaint filed against some miscreants under Padu Kalan police station.
The letter identifies him as the president of Rajasthan Dukandar Mahasangh president, Riyan Badi. The man, Chena Ram, a resident of Riyan Badi in Nagaur district, said that he had filed a complaint on May 18 against six people who had “thrashed” him and threatened to kill him. But, police did not take any action on his complaint
In the letter, he alleged that SHO of Padu Kalan police station in Nagaur, where he had lodged the complaint, was mentally torturing him in connivance with the accused to compel him to withdraw the complaint.