Disabled officer kills self after MLA ' harasses' her.AN AGRICULTURE officer died on Sunday after setting herself ablaze in Mahbubnagar district Mahabubnagar District, is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India, with its headquarters at Mahabubnagar. The district has a population of 3,513,934, of which 10.57% is urban (as of 2001). of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (än`drə prä`dāsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 75,727,541), 106,052 sq mi (275,608 sq km), SE India, on the Bay of Bengal. The capital is Hyderabad. . She was allegedly subjected to mental harassment by a Telugu Desam Party MLA MLA abbr. Modern Language Association MLA n abbr (BRIT POL) (= Member of the Legislative Assembly) → miembro de la asamblea legislativa MLA (Brit . B. Rajeshwari ( 26), a disabled woman who was employed as an agriculture extension officer in Devarakadra block of the district, tried to commit suicide on Thursday. She was moved to a hospital in Hyderabad with 60 per cent burns, where she succumbed on Sunday. In her dying declaration, Rajeshwari told the police she had resorted to the extreme step as she was not in a position to bear the mental harassment. She blamed TDP TDP (thymidine diphosphate): see thymine. MLA Sita Dayakar Reddy, mandal parishad president Bharati Reddy and Devarakdra Zilla Parishad member Praveen Kumar Goud for pushing her to commit suicide. According to Rajeshwari's colleagues, the MLA had abused her for not favouring her followers in the distribution of sprinkler irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. equipment in her constituency. Rajeshwari's parents also said their daughter had complained about the MLA a day before she took the step. Minister for small scale industries D. K. Aruna visited the parents of the deceased and gave them financial aid of Rs 30,000. Sita, who is also state unit president of the TDP women's wing, however, denied harassing the officer. She blamed infighting in·fight·ing n. 1. Contentious rivalry or disagreement among members of a group or organization: infighting on the President's staff. 2. Fighting or boxing at close range. within the Congress for Rajeshwari's death. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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