Gaja-hit man’s suicide bid clip goes viral

The youth, who identified himself as Eniyavan, claimed that he belonged to a farming family and was taking the extreme step allegedly due to police harassment.

Eniyavan claimed he was being harassed by police after he spoke to a section of the media on the inadequate relief measures taken by the government in his native village of Thalainyayiru.

“Since I spoke out against the State Government, false cases were filed against me. I am being hunted like a criminal,” Eniyavan said in his post, adding that he would die in a couple of hours. 

When contacted, Nagapattinam Superintendent of Police C Vijayakumar said that he was aware of the youth and that he had been booked for vandalism and other similar charges.

“We just came to know about the video and are trying to verify if it was true,” Vijayakumar said.