‘No govt aid pending against 70-yr-old man who killed self’

Vadodara: The report on the suicide by an elderly man in the Khanpur taluka panchayat office of Mahisagar district has ruled out the deceased man’s claims of pending government aid. The 70-year-old man was found hanging in the taluka panchayat office on Saturday.
The report holds that there was no application for aid from Charan that was pending. It even suspects that soured family relations may be the reason for the extreme step.
The suicide had sparked a row as the son of the deceased Balwantsinh Charan had claimed in his declaration that he was informed that his father had killed himself after calling up the emergency number 112 and telling the operators that he was ending his life as he was not getting government aid.A note that is said to have been left behind by Charan also said that he had been contacting various persons, but was not getting any help.
The administration swung into action to find out various schemes for which Charan may have applied. It has come to light that there was no application pending for him. A detailed report has been prepared by the taluka development officer (TDO) regarding the matter.
The report points out that Charan had been getting aid under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and seven instalments amounting to Rs 14,000 had been paid. He had also got compensation of Rs 4,000 for loss of crop in 2019-20. He had made no applications on the i-Khedut Portal of the state government too. The report adds that a borewell had been sanctioned for the Vanderved village from where Charan belonged.
According to the TDO, Charan was not eligible for housing under the Indira Aavas Yojana and the Sardar Aavas Yojana. He had become eligible under the Pradhan Mandri Aavas Yojana for which a survey had been conducted and the geo-tagging of a house had been done in his son’s name. At the same time, it adds that Charan had a pucca house and a toilet too. The report mentions that Charan had agriculture land and had also sold a part of it. It also ascertained that between September 11 and December 31, his son had sold milk to a dairy cooperative and received Rs 69,351 towards it.