AGovernment official has been arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of a village head in Hansi sub division here, police said on Saturday. Surender Jangra, Secretary of Block Development and Panchayat Department, Hansi, was arrested on Saturday. Facing the charges of embezzlement of funds in MGNREGS, suspended Sarpanch Ajit Singh of village Gagan Kheri in Hansi sub division, had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his cattle shed on April 10.
In his suicide note Singh had named 11 people, including Haryana panchayat department officials, accusing them for mental harassment. Singh had alleged that while the district administration had acquitted him of the charges, but officials of the department did not hand over the charge of Sarpanch to him. A case under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 of IPC was registered on a complaint of Abhishek, son of deceased, by Hansi police against 11 people whose names were mentioned in the suicide note.