Bengaluru: Man attempts suicide inside Vidhana Soudha over family issues

Bengaluru: A 52-year-old man attempted suicide by drinking sanitiser inside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru allegedly over family issues.

Nanda Kumar(52), a resident of JC Nagar works as a TV technician.

According to the police, Nanda Kumar was apparently upset over police not taking action against a complaint he had filed against his wife and others.

It is said that Kumar had filed a police complaint stating that against his wife and others with JC Nagar police. Police had summoned them and let them off after counselling. But Kumar wanted the police to arrest his wife and others.

He gained entry into Soudha by saying that he wanted to meet home department officials to discuss a police case. Kumar then drank the sanitiser kept for public use near room number 106.

The guards reportedly grabbed the sanitiser bottle, when Kumar started to drink it. He was immediately shifted to Bowring Hospital. Currently, he is in stable condition.