A journalist working with a weekly newspaper attempted suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in the State Mantralaya here on Tuesday afternoon.
Official sources said the journalist identified as Rajendra Rajput (45), a resident of Avadhpuri locality, had gone to meet Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa at the Secretariat, where the top officer was addressing a meeting at that point of time.
Sources further said that having entered the Mantralaya, Rajput reached the meeting hall on the fifth floor. However, he could not meet the CS as the security guards posted there did not allow him to enter the hall. later, he consumed some poisonous substance that he had taken with him.
Seeing this, the employees immediately rushed him to Hamidia hospital, where his condition is reportedly stable.
Another sources said before reaching the Mantralaya, Rajput had left his suicide note at the office of a local news channel. As soon as the channel employees found the note, they immediately informed the Mantralaya officials and Rajput was spotted.
It further said in 2006, Rajput had published few news stories regarding few officials that they got Government jobs through fake documents which he got to know through RTI.
Since, then he had been receiving threatening phone calls from different unknown persons and he had also filed a complaint in this regard with the officials.
Sources further said Rajput had on Tuesday again reached Mantralaya to meet the CS regarding similar issue, but when he was not allowed to meet him, he took this extreme step.
It is learnt that the Jehangirabad police have also recorded Rajput’s statements and the matter was still under investigation.