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70-Year-Old Attempts Self-Immolation Outside Mantralaya Over Factory Noise Complaints

He says nonstop noise from cashew polishing units near his Navi Mumbai home pushed him to the extreme step.

Overview

  • Mumbai police said the man tried to pour kerosene on himself outside the state secretariat on Tuesday evening.
  • Security personnel detained him at the gate around 4:55 pm and handed him to the Marine Drive police.
  • He was identified as Prem Bajaj, a resident of Koparkhairane in Navi Mumbai.
  • Police reported he had repeatedly complained to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation about 24-hour factory operations near his home.
  • After questioning at the Marine Drive Police Station, officers released him on a notice.