A 30-year-old man from Odisha’s jagatsinghpur districts who attempted suicide near the Odisha assembly by consuming pesticide died at the SCB medical college hospital in Cuttack, the hospital’s emergency officer BN Maharana said on Thursday.
the man is identified as dusmanata das, a native of kujang in jagatsinghpur had attempted suicide on Wednesday in the state capital by consuming pesticides and slitting his wrist as a mark for protest to alleged denial of treatment under Biju swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BKKY).
Immediately after his death, the authorities of the SCB medical college hospital in Cuttack also conducted a postmortem of the body on Wednesday night and his funeral was conducted at the swargdwar in puri early on Thursday morning, police sources said.
das before being taken to the hospital has alleged that through he underwent surgeries at the SCB medical college hospital after a road accident on March 22 last year, he was later discharged from the facility on the plea of covid 19 situations.
