Video of Farmer attempts suicide in Mahabubnagar in front of tehsildar

A farmer in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district tried to kill himself on Tuesday, September 9, by consuming poison in front of the tahsildar officer.The officer remained unperturbed.

Gajjala Krishnaiah from Vadyala village in Midjil mandal had come to the tahsildar’s office over a land issue.

A video of the frustrated farmer complaining to officer Puli Raju and the latter’s unempathetic reaction has emerged on social media. “The land should be given to me or else I will kill myself by consuming this pesticide,” he is heard saying in the video, and



demands action.

As Krishnaiah takes out the bottle, officer Raju stares at his phone, unfazed.

Others present in the office stop Krishnaiah and console him.