Kasaragod, March 21 -- A 32-year-old Booth Level Officer (BLO) allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a river at Mogral in the district, today. BLO's relatives alleged that work pressure related to election process for the April 9 state assembly election was the reason of suicide, but the district officials claimed that the suicide note recovered mentioned that he took extreme step due to personal reasons.
According to police, the deceased was identified as Muhammed Savad B (32) of Puthur and employed as a school teacher in GHSS Cherkala Central. He was the BLO of booth number -01 at GHSS Mogral Puthur Higher Secondary School's new building.
The incident took place around 730 AM, when he went to see the worksite of his under construc...