Dharamkot (Moga), June 29

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Dharamkot municipal council office in the district today demanding justice for Saajan Kumar, a computer operator, who died under mysterious circumstances here yesterday.

The family members and police recovered the body from a local community centre. The cause of death was not yet known as no injury marks were found on the body, said a police official.

The body was sent to the district hospital for a post-mortem examination. The cause of death could be ascertained once the report was received, the police officials maintained.

Earlier, the family and residents held a march against the local administration and MC authorities before staging a protest outside the MC office.

Youth’s father Balwinder Singh said his son had been working with the local body office for the past four years. He claimed senior officials had been harassing his son for the past few months, causing him depression.

“My son may have killed himself due to harassment by senior officials. The local police must register a criminal case against senior authorities of the local body for abetment to suicide,” he said.

DSP Subeg Singh, who visited the scene, asked the SHO to record the statement of the family members and take legal action accordingly. After DSP’s assurance of a legal action against the guilty, the protesters ended their protest in the evening. — TNS