Jaipur: On the morning of Thursday (August 22), hours after Babu Lal Bairwa, a head constable in his mid-40s, had gone to duty at a police outpost under the jurisdiction of the Bhankrota police station in Jaipur, his family members received a call from his friends in the police force.
“A batchmate of my father called us to say that my father had posted a suicide note in their WhatsApp group and they are presently searching for him. They later found out that he had [died by] suicide by hanging himself inside the police outpost,” says Tanuj, Bairwa’s son.
The six-page-long suicide note purportedly written by Bairwa – a Dalit man with over two decades of service in the police force – also had a message for Tanuj.
“Son, keep courage … My hands are shaking as I am writing this note, and I am crying. I cannot live anymore. Ensure your mother takes medicines and you don’t get angry … Your father has not done anything wrong and I am committing suicide after being harassed too much by these four people. Take care of your two elder sisters…,” says the purported suicide note.
In the purported suicide note, Bairwa held four people responsible for his death: three police officers and a journalist.
The note says that Bairwa and a few other police officers were suspended last year over a land dispute case and ever since then, he was being harassed by the accused.
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