MEERUT: A Dalit post office employee in Bulandshahr allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a train early Sunday morning, a day after CBI questioned him in connection with a Rs 2.5 crore embezzlement case.
Rahul Kumar (28), a sub-postmaster at Lakhaothi block post office and a resident of Bulandshahr city area, was found dead on a railway track in Girdhari Nagar area. Kumar was suspended on Nov 26 for “negligence in duty.” Shortly after, corruption allegations were levelled against him, leading to his interrogation on Saturday.
His cousin, Ankit Kumar, said, “Rahul was under immense stress. He believed that he wouldn’t be able to clear his name, which led him to take the extreme step.”
Police said that in a suicide note found in his pocket, Rahul claimed innocence and accused his colleagues of harassment and caste discrimination. He wrote: “A senior female colleague harassed me after I uncovered her extramarital affair within the office. She used casteist slurs and implicated me in the false corruption case.” SP (city) Shanker Prasad said, “The allegations made in the suicide note are being probed. The body was handed over to the family after a postmortem.”
This incident comes months after a similar case involving Tribhuvan Prasad Singh (55), superintendent of the Bulandshahr head post office. Singh shot himself with a rifle on Aug 21 at his residence in Aligarh.
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