Two BLOs die by suicide in Kerala, Rajasthan allegedly due to voter roll revision work pressure
Two persons working as booth level officers in Kerala and Rajasthan have died by suicide because of alleged work pressure linked to the revision of voter rolls.
In Kerala’s Kannur, 44-year-old Aneesh George, a school office assistant was found dead at his home on Sunday, The Indian Express reported.
His family said that George died by suicide as he was struggling to complete his booth’s enumeration tasks and was allegedly overwhelmed by the pressure to meet deadlines.
George, assigned to the 18th booth in Payyannur, struggled with distributing the enumeration forms because he was not familiar with the area, the newspaper quoted a friend as saying.
Another friend said that George had sought assistance from booth-level agents of political party but it was not helpful, the newspaper reported.
“He was tense as he could not complete the distribution of the enumeration forms on time,” the second friend told The Indian Express.
However, T Manoharan, the assistant electoral registration officer in Payyanur, said that George had distributed 878 out of the 1,065 forms by Saturday, leaving only a small portion of the task unfinished.
“I cannot comment on whether he was under pressure or not,” the officer was quoted as saying. “His suicide has been reported to the higher-ups.”
The Peringome Police registered a case of unnatural death, The New Indian Express reported.
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