Telangana Dalit youth dies by suicide after alleging harassment by doctor, police over scorpion bite treatment | Hyderabad News
ADILABAD: A Dalit youth allegedly died by suicide in Telangana’s Adilabad district after accusing police and hospital staff of insulting him when he sought treatment for a scorpion bite.Police, however, refuted his allegation that he was beaten up at the police station.The opposition BJP and BRS demanded justice for the family, including payment of ex-gratia compensation, news agency PTI reported.According to police, Kamble Rahul, 27, was bitten by a scorpion on the evening of August 28 and went to the state-run RIMS hospital for treatment.He began filming a video alleging negligence, following which an argument broke out between him and a doctor, who called the police.Police took Rahul to a station and later handed him over to his father. He subsequently died by suicide by hanging at his residence, police said on Friday.In a purported suicide note, Rahul alleged that the doctor had rebuked him and police personnel had beaten him up, police said.A case has been registered in connection with the incident and an investigation is underway, PTI reported.Police denied the allegation that Rahul was beaten up at the police station, claiming that video evidence was available to establish this.Protesting the incident, Dalit organisations staged a dharna at the hospital on Thursday, demanding justice for the deceased’s family.BJP MLA Payal Shankar said Rahul was the family’s breadwinner and demanded a time-bound inquiry into the incident and a job for one of his family members.Shankar criticised the hospital staff for approaching the police against Rahul and the police for allegedly harassing him.Speaking to reporters, the BJP MLA demanded an ex-gratia payment of Rs 50 lakh to the family and an inquiry by a high-level committee.(With agency inputs)
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