Overview
- Pitabash Acharya, a 65-year-old priest, poured kerosene on himself in his backyard in Badiaostha village on July 23 and set himself on fire.
- He had suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure, gastroenteritis and depression while facing severe financial distress.
- Family members and neighbours rushed him to the Adapada Community Health Centre in Adapada, where doctors declared him brought dead.
- Police recovered a suicide note in which he absolved others of responsibility and urged his sons not to neglect their mother.
- Pattapur police registered an unnatural death case and investigators are probing his health struggles, financial woes and possible motive.