Guwahati: A Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Aminul Islam and an Executive Engineer Dinesh Medhi arrested by police in Bongaigaon following the recovery of a suicide note left behind by a junior engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD), who accused them of abetment.
The deceased, 26-year-old Joshita Das a native of Guwahati committed suicide at her rented accommodation in Bongaigaon on Tuesday.
In her suicidal note, Joshita alleged extreme work-related pressure and named SDO Aminul Islam and Executive Engineer Dinesh Medhi as responsible for her ordeal.
Confirming the arrests, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, during a press briefing in Dibrugarh on Wednesday, said, “We are yet to thoroughly investigate the accusations made by the junior engineer. For now, both the SDO and the Executive Engineer have been arrested.”
Joshita was posted in Bongaigaon and was reportedly working on a mini stadium project in Borsongaon under the local Assembly constituency.
In her note, she particularly named SDO Islam and Executive Engineer Medhi, alleging that they pressured her to prepare a working estimate and clear a bill before the project was completed.
“I am to submit the working estimate when the project is 66% completed, and I barely know the finishing items required,” Joshita wrote.
She also alleged that even after the two officials were transferred out of Bongaigaon, they continued to pressurise her to clear the bill of a contractor named Rudra Pathak.
Local sources said Joshita had been entangled in the matter for over three months and had even sought a transfer from her current posting.
Her mental health reportedly deteriorated during this time.
Joshita’s mother, speaking to the press, said her daughter had become withdrawn, often skipping meals and losing sleep.
“She told me she felt alone, that no one understood what she was going through. They put so much pressure on my child,” she said, tearfully.
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