Odisha: Man attempts suicide, people compares with scene from Hindi film ‘Sholay’: Watch

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Cuttack: A man tried to commit suicide by jumping from the overhead tank in Odisha on Monday. The incident took place in Arilo panchayat under Kishannagar Tehsil in Salipur area of Cuttack district in Odisha.

As the attempt was synonymous to a scene from superhit Bollywood film ‘Sholay’, many people who witnessed the incident, compared it with the film scene where Dharmendra, playing the role of Veeru in the 1973 film, attempts to commit suicide by jumping from an overhead tank.

As per reports, Deepak Ranjan Khandual, a former worker of a Rural Water Supply project in Arilo panchayat allegedly attempted suicide as he was not paid with the arrear of his remuneration.

As per reports, he had worked as a temporary worker in the post of pump worker in 2018-19. However, he is yet to get the remuneration for it. According to him despite his repeated complaint he is yet to get his money. And hence, he finally decided to commit suicide by jumping from the overhead water tank.

The high-drama continued for a while. However, after getting information Kishannagar Police rushed to the spot along with Fire services personnel and rescued Naik.

Later he was taken to the Police station. He was assured that the matter has been communicated to the Sarpanch as well as the officials of the panchayat for necessary action.

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