A farmer from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan has been requested to pay ₹9.91 lakh for safety preparations made by the police to stop him from dying by suicide, information company PTI reported on Monday.
He had threatened to take his life over the non-payment of compensation for land acquisition.
Vidhyadhar Yadav expressed misery after his home was demolished in November to make manner for a cement plant in Gothada village, Nawalgarh, with out receiving compensation.
The farmer mentioned that he was left with no alternative however to request euthanasia, as all his land was taken and his home demolished with out receiving any compensation.
Yadav acknowledged that he by no means requested police deployment, for which he’s now being charged.
He has since been supplied with compensation of roughly ₹3.8 crore.
99 police personnel deployed
On December 17, the Superintendent of Police in Jhunjhunu issued a discover stating that 99 police personnel, together with one Further Superintendent of Police, two Deputy Superintendents of Police, two inspectors, three sub-inspectors, six assistant sub-inspectors, 18 head constables, and 67 constables, have been deployed for Vidhyadhar Yadav’s safety.
Moreover, authorities automobiles have been used, putting a monetary burden on the state. The discover additional talked about that the ₹9,91,577 spent on his safety can be recovered from him.
“The discover has been served for restoration as a result of the police drive was deployed for safety,” SP Jhunjhunu Sharad Chowdhary mentioned.
Yadav mentioned that when the district administration and cement firm officers failed to reply adequately concerning his compensation, he submitted a memorandum to the district collector on December 9, addressed to the president, threatening to finish his life, with an ultimatum of 11 am on December 11.
“I had been regularly requesting the SDM and firm officers to launch the compensation quantity, however there was no correct response, subsequently I gave a memorandum to the district collector addressed to the President for euthanasia and gave an ultimatum until 11 December,” he mentioned.
To forestall him from taking such drastic motion, police have been deployed within the village on December 11. Yadav tried to set himself on hearth however was stopped by the police.
“I didn’t demand safety. The district administration and police made the preparations and now the SP has given me a restoration discover,” Yadav mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
