Khadi Board employee found unconscious, now in hospital
A Khadi Board employee is recovering after a suicide attempt at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Dharwad, while a separate incident involved a farmer who died by suicide following crop losses and debt. Local police have registered cases for both incidents as investigations continue.
Why it matters
These incidents underscore the growing concerns regarding mental health, economic distress among farmers, and workplace-related crises in regional India.
An employee of the Khadi and Village Industries Board was found unconscious profusely bleeding on the Deputy Commissioner’s office premises in Dharwad on Monday. He is now recuperating in a hospital.
According to preliminary reports, the 32-year-old employee identified as Shivaprasad Patil was found lying unconscious on the staircase of the Deputy Commissioner’s office building.
He is said to have made an attempt to end his life by making a gash on his hand with a knife.
On noticing him, a senior official of the board alerted the police and he was rushed to the District Hospital, where he is recuperating now.
The Dharwad Suburban Station Police have registered a case. They are investigating.
A farmer was found dead in his farmland at Kabbenrur village in Dharwad taluk on Monday.
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