(PTI)A sacked hotel clerk jumped before a train in Lakhimpur Kheri town on Friday, leaving behind a purported suicide note that blamed the repeated extensions of the lockdown for his joblessness. Bhanu Prakash Gupta, 50, also accused the local administration of indifference, hanging a question mark over chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s claim of taking good care of the poor during the lockdown. “I am committing suicide because of poverty and unemployment. Thank you all.”Gupta, who jumped before the train near Maigalganj station, had the note in his pocket, police sources said. He has mentioned his illness in the suicide note.

Source: The Telegraph May 31, 2020 00:11 UTC