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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Bharat Khanna | TNN

No pay for 35 months, college clerk hangs self in Punjab

PATIALA: Three months after writing a letter to the then Punjab CM and seeking permission to end his life, a 36-year-old clerk, identified as Devinder Singh, committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself in the office of Baba Hira Singh Bhathal Institute of Engineering & Technology (BHSBIET), Lehragaga, Sangrur.

Devinder, who attempted suicide two years ago for not getting salary, had written a detailed letter to the CM in January this year and described his mental agony and hand-to-mouth existence for not being paid salary for over 2.5 years.

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