A tea stall owner attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze at the Bhimgal police station premises in Telangana’s Nizamabad district on Monday morning, prompting police personnel and complainants to intervene and shift him to Nizamabad Government Hospital. His condition was reported to be serious.
The man, identified by police as P Sudhakar, is a resident of Bhimgal and runs a tea stall at the town’s old bus stand. According to the police account cited in the report, Sudhakar had been booked in a petty case for operating his shop during late-night hours. Police described the case as part of routine enforcement and said it was not connected to the alleged threats that reportedly preceded the incident.
Nizamabad police commissioner P Sai Chaitanya said there was no direct connection between the police and the reason that led Sudhakar to attempt suicide. “There is no fault on the part of police in the incident that occurred at the Bhimgal police station,” the commissioner said.
According to preliminary information received by the police, a grocery shop located opposite Sudhakar’s tea stall was allegedly unhappy that he was not purchasing cigarettes from the shop. Police said the grocery shop owner allegedly sent two men to threaten Sudhakar.
The commissioner said Sudhakar appeared to have been upset by the alleged threats and later arrived at the police station carrying a bottle of petrol and a matchbox. At around 9.45 am, he allegedly set himself ablaze on the station premises.
Police personnel and complainants present at the station immediately intervened and doused the flames before shifting Sudhakar to the government hospital in Nizamabad for treatment. The report did not provide further details about the nature of his injuries or his subsequent medical condition.
Police said the incident was being examined on the basis of preliminary information. They maintained that the case registered against Sudhakar for allegedly running his tea stall during late-night hours was unrelated to the alleged threats by the two men. Further action will depend on the ongoing examination of the incident and the allegations surrounding it.
