Ex-councillor Nagaraj booked for suicide bid

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 10th April, 2018

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We have booked Nagaraj under IPC section 309 (attempt to suicide). “Nagaraj was staging a drama and creating nuisance,” he added.Last May, police arrested Nagaraj after recovering Rs 14 crore in demonetised currency from his residence in Srirampura, north Bengaluru. His supporters rushed him to a private hospital in the nick of time and he is currently under treatment.On Monday, a constable attached to Vidhana Soudha police station filed the attempt-to-suicide against Nagaraj. “Since none has come forward to file the complaint, our constable did it. BENGALURU: Vidhana Soudha police have filed an attempt-to-suicide case against former corporator V Nagaraj alias Naga, who consumed poison during a press conference on Friday.Nagaraj, who had in a suicide note accused several senior Congress leaders and police officers of targeting him, said his detractors were trying to prevent him from contesting the assembly elections..