Railway employee in Kota kills self while on video call, probe underway
Kota (PTI): A 27-year-old Indian Railway employee allegedly took his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan while on a video call, the police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred late on Saturday night when the victim, identified as Ravi Kumar, a junior clerk in the Indian Railways posted at the Kota junction, died by suicide in his residence in the Bhimganjmandi Police Station area.
The police rushed to the scene after receiving information about the suicide from Kumar's landlord, and later informed his family in Madhya Pradesh about his death.
No suicide note was recovered from the deceased's room, and the reason behind his extreme step is yet to be ascertained, the police said.
Kumar, hailing from Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, lived in a rented accommodation in the city, Bhimganjmandi Police Station SHO Ramkishan Godara said.
While the identity of the person Kumar was on video call with while he took his life is yet to be confirmed, the cell phone used by him has been taken for investigation, the SHO noted further.
Upon the arrival of Kumar's family members on Sunday morning, the body was taken down in their presence and transported to the MBS hospital for post-mortem, the officer stated.
Kumar's family members claimed he was living happily and did not mention any possible reasons for his extreme step.
According to the family, Kumar joined the service in the Indian Railways as a junior clerk two years ago and had been serving at the Kota Railway junction for the last three months, the SHO said.
The police stated that they handed over the body to family members after the post-mortem on Sunday and lodged a case to investigate the matter.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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BJP's Pravesh Wahi elected MCD mayor
New Delhi (PTI): BJP councillor from Rohini East, Pravesh Wahi, was elected mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday.
Wahi secured 156 votes, with 14 councillors of the Indraprastha Vikas Party backing him. Congress candidate Hazi Zaraf received nine votes.
BJP councillor from Anand Vihar, Monika Pant, was elected deputy mayor with 156 votes.
Jai Bhagwan Yadav from Begumpur and Manish Chadha from Paharganj were elected to the standing committee from the BJP, while AAP councillor Jalaj Chaudhary from Shalimar Bagh was also elected to the MCD panel.
On being elected mayor, Wahi thanked Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the BJP leadership, saying, "We will clean Delhi in the coming months. We will work for the development of Delhi."
The electoral college for this year's mayoral election comprised 273 votes, including 249 councillors, 14 MLAs nominated by the Delhi Assembly, seven Lok Sabha MPs and three Rajya Sabha members from Delhi. A candidate required 137 votes to win.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) abstained from the mayoral polls. Earlier, the party's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj said in a statement that the move would allow the BJP to take charge of the civic body and help AAP "expose" the ruling party on governance.
"Despite having power at all levels, the BJP has failed to bring about any change in Delhi. The BJP does not know how to perform. Only AAP knows how to work," Bharadwaj said.
Earlier, AAP controlled the mayoral post, with Mahesh Kumar Khinchi winning the election in November 2024 by just three votes.
The three civic bodies -- East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) -- were reunified into a single entity on May 22, 2022, as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
