Ahmedabad: A dalit government employee in Ahmedabad allegedly committed suicide due to harassment and humiliation by his colleagues, police said here yesterday.
Naresh Chavda, a clerk in the Industries Commissionerate at Udyog Bhavan in Gandhinagar, consumed pesticide yesterday.
His family members rushed him to Gandhinagar Civil Hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.
His family members protested outside the hospital after the postmortem and refused to take his body until police registered a case of abetment of suicide against three Udyog Bhavan employees.
The DySP of the SC-ST cell, which was handed over the probe in the case, today questioned the general manager of the division and two other employees.
Police said family members of the deceased had accused them of harassing and insulting Chavda to such an extent that he had thought about quitting his job.
“We are probing the case from all angles.
We went to the office to question the general manager and two other employees to gather clues. We have taken their statements and are conducting a detailed probe,” DySP M B Joshi said.
