Fisherman hangs himself, suicide note blames tax officials

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The death of a fisherman by suicide in Paravur near here snowballed into controversy on Friday after a note allegedly written by him found in his pocket said he had to take the extreme measure due to the apathy from local tax authorities over a land issue, police said. . The body of the fisherman (56) was found hanging from a tree in the backyard of his home on Thursday. “During the investigation, a suicide note was found and she blames the local RDO authorities for some issues related to the conversion of her rice field,” police told PTI.

Relatives said he had contacted local revenue offices on several occasions to convert his farmland for a loan.

“But there was no response from the offices,” a relative told reporters.

As this sparked controversy, the District Collector today requested a report from the Fort Kochi Sub-Collector, who said he had already submitted a report stating that the land conversion application was under consideration .

Sources said there were more than 20,000 similar requests pending in the office and they were being processed by adalats.

Meanwhile, Revenue Minister K Rajan said action would be taken if a civil servant defaults.

“If the suicide was due to a misconduct on the part of an official in the Department of Revenue, strong action will be taken against him. A high level investigation has been ordered and the Joint Land Revenue Commissioner will submit a report within a week,” Rajan said in a press release.

The minister said action would be taken based on the Joint Land Revenue Commissioner’s report.

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