Uttar Pradesh: Woman PCS officer ends life in Ballia

VARANASI: A PCS officer who held the charge of executive officer of Maniyar Nagar Panchayat Manimanjari Rai (30), committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in Awas Vikas Colony under the limits of Kotwali police station in Ballia on Monday night.
The incident came to light when the neighbours came to know about the incident on Tuesday morning and alerted the police.ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, “She has left a suicide note in which wrote two-three lines. In it she had alleged that she had been falsely implicated with political motivation.”
“She has not mentioned any other detail of ‘political motivation’ or referred to any incident. Police will investigate the matter to know the details,” he added. \
Rai, a natyive of Bhanvarkole in Ghazipur district, had been posted as EO of Maniyar Nagar Panchayat for past two years and she dwelt in a rental house in Awas Vikas Colony. She was alone at home on Monday night. On Tuesday morning her neighbours saw her body hanging from the ceiling of her room from an open window and alerted Kotwali cops. On getting information, district magistrate Ballia Hari Pratap Shahi, SP Devendra Nath, nayab tehsildar Jaya Singh, EO Bansdih Sima Rai and many other officials reached the spot while forensic experts were also called. During initial investigation, the cops recovered a suicide note. In it she had said sorry to her brother and parents taking this step. The note also contained, “I came safely from cities like Delhi and Mumbai but here she had been falsely implicated with political intentions.”
Later, police sent the body for postmortem.
She had posted some inspirational lines in her Facebook account. “For girls who want to say something’- to stop them from committing suicide and fight the battle of life,” read one.