PWD employee commits suicide in Rajasthan, BJP links it with REET paper leak

Lokesh Meena, a junior assistant with the PWD in Bundi, was found hanging in his house on Tuesday morning.

NewsBharati 09-Feb-2022 13:18:41 PM

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Jaipur, February 9: A 27-year-old, employed with Public Works Department (PWD), allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in Tonk district, Rajasthan. He was allegedly under stress over some financial transaction.

BJP has linked the suicide to the REET paper leak. Deputy Leader of Opposition in state Assembly, Rajendra Rathore, claimed that the man had bought a question paper for Rs 40 lakhs.

Lokesh Meena, a junior assistant with the PWD in Bundi, was found hanging in his house on Tuesday morning. Rathore held the state government responsible for the suicide, saying the man had bought a REET question paper from “two mafias” of Barmer and Jaipur for Rs 40 lakh.

Rathore said in a tweet, “CM Ashok Gehlot has cancelled the REET Level-2 exam only yesterday, due to which the youth who have been victims of the corrupt government system and bought the paper for lakhs of rupees are now feeling cheated. Don't know how many more youth will be forced to take such a step. This suicide is a blot on the government."

CM @ashokgehlot51 जी ने कल ही रीट लेवल-2 की परीक्षा रद्द की है जिससे भ्रष्ट सरकारी सिस्टम के शिकार हुए युवा जिन्होंने लाखों रुपये में पेपर खरीदा है,अब स्वयं को ठगा हुआ महसूस कर रहे है। ना जाने अभी कितने और युवा ऐसा कदम उठाने को मजबूर होंगे। यह आत्महत्या सरकार के माथे पर कलंक है।
— Rajendra Rathore (@Rajendra4BJP) February 8, 2022

SP Tonk Manish Tripathi said investigation from all angles is He said underway. There is no mention of the REET paper in the FIR lodged by the victim’s father.

The state government on Monday, cancelled the level two exam of the REET, which was conducted in September 2021.

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