A man attempted to commit suicide in the presence of the District Collector on the account that DMK Tenkasi MP Dhanush M Kumar has been threatening to snatch his land. Ganesh Kumar who belongs to Devadanam, works as the guard for the Devadanam Sashta Temple Reservoir Dam.
When Rajapalayam DMK MP Thangapandian, District Collector Meghanath Reddy and other government officials were returning from a government event, Ganesh Kumar stepped in front of the Collector’s car, poured Kerosene on himself and tried to set himself on fire. The Police officers on duty stopped him from setting ablaze.
Then, when Collector Meghanath Reddy enquired, Ganesh Kumar said that he has been practicing agriculture, along with his family members, on 2.5 acres of land that is owned by him. Tenkasi DMK MP Dhanush Kumar’s agricultural land is adjacent to his own. The DMK MP had encroached his land and thus there was no way to get into his agricultural land. After a point, the MP even threatened to kill him if he did not transfer the land worth 50 lakhs to the former’s name.
Subsequently, the Collector said that action would be taken against the issue and also advised Ganesh not to attempt suicide, before leaving.
(With inputs from Kathir News.)
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