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Alleging harassment by cops, BJP activist kills self in Telangana

HYDERABAD: A BJP activist who had attempted suicide by consuming poison at a local police station in Khammam on Thursday, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday. He had accused the police of foisting false cases against him. Following his death, angry BJP workers protested in the city and scuffled with the cops.

Twenty-six-year-old Sai Ganesh, who was a member of BJP's mazdoor sangh, had on Thursday gone to the Khammam III town police station after consuming poison. Police officials first shifted to a local hospital. After his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to a corporate hospital in Hyderabad, where he died while undergoing treatment.

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