A Dalit Village Development Officer Commits Suicide Due To Public Humiliation In Uttar Pradesh

Even as India is on its way to make history tonight and while we take pride in this massive achievement, the ground reality remains the same.

In Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, a village development officer has committed suicide by hanging himself in Kumbhi village due to constant pressure from Kisan Union leader and two village heads.

The victim has been identified as Trivendra Kumar and was a resident of Mau district, reported Rajasthan Patrika.

Few months in his new job, Village Development officer (VDO) Trivendra Kumar, a Dalit, succumbed to abuse and humiliation by local pradhans and farmer leaders by committing suicide in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri. This video of Kumar being publicly humiliated at a farmer's meet. pic.twitter.com/vMvvdm6Btb

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The suicide note was found in Kumar¡¯s pocket in which he mentioned the harassment by two heads and the leader of the farmers¡¯ union. He mentioned that he had been constantly abused and made fun of at the block office.

He stated that constant statements were made against reservation.

¡°If anything happens to me, the leader of Kisan Union and two village heads will be responsible for it,¡± he had mentioned in the note.

A viral video on social media shows the leaders of Kisan Union, Rakesh Kumar Singh and Shyam Shukla constantly humiliating Kumar on the stage.

¡°During a Kisan Panchayat held recently in Amin Nagar of Kumbhi block of Lakhimpur Kheri district, a meeting was going on under the leadership of State President Rakesh Kumar Singh and District President Shyam Shukla of Kisan Union. During the panchayat, the leaders of the Kisan Union called the village development officer of the area, Trivendra Kumar on the stage and humiliated him publicly,¡± said a report by National Herald.

Faced by public humiliation, Kumar was forced to commit suicide.