Summary:
Fed up of running around, I decided to end my life,” he told reporters at the hospital. In his statement, Dodiya told us that his agricultural land had been encroached upon, and he had made representations to the district collector and CM office too requesting action. “Some land mafia closed the road leading to my farm by encroaching upon a land. However, he had not specified the place and time of immolation.Dodiya later told reporters that the encroachment of the panchayat land, which he claimed was the handiwork of the land mafia, had made it difficult for him to enter his own farm. I had approached the chief minister, who had ordered that the encroachment be removed, but nothing has happened so far,” Dodiya said.“I have made repeated appeals to the village Panchayat officials and the taluka development officer (TDO) but in vain..