Telangana: Sarpanch aspirant 'attempts suicide' over failure to get elected
An aspirant for the post of sarpanch in the upcoming panchayat polls "attempted suicide" in Jagital district of Hyderabad after his attempts to get elected unanimously did not materialize, said the police official. B Devdas, a sarpanch candidate for Obulapur tanda (hamlet) in Mallapur mandal, consumed pesticide on Monday and was rushed to a hospital, the official said. Read the details here.
Village diktat: Deposit Rs. 5L, get elected sarpanch unanimously
Some elderly people of the village had reportedly passed a resolution on electing their Sarpanch unanimously if the candidate deposits Rs. 5 lakh. Devdas paid Rs. 2 lakh as initial installment, which he borrowed from many people and by reportedly selling his wife's mangalsutra (wedding chain), police said. The villagers then announced Devdas as elected Sarpanch. But, some people objected to the unanimous election.
A case under IPC section 384 (extortion) was registered
The people who raised objections to Devdas' election allegedly "threatened" him to pay the balance amount following which he tried to commit suicide, police said based on a complaint lodged by man's wife. A case under IPC section 384 (extortion) was registered.
'Unanimous' elections would be canceled, warns State Election Commission
The Telangana State Election Commission yesterday took a serious note of reports that posts of sarpanch, ward members in the upcoming panchayat polls were being auctioned and warned that such 'unanimous' elections would be canceled. The state will have a three-phase election for the 12,732 gram-panchayats. The first phase would end on January 21, the second from January 11-25 and final from January 11-30.
