Ranjan Dave.
Jodhpur. A meme (video) made on social media in Lohawat of Phalodi district adjacent to Jodhpur took the life of an old man. This old man used to work as a scrap dealer. He used to roam around with a handcart all day and used to work as a scrap dealer. Someone made a video of this old man and posted it on social media. They wrote in the video ‘Who is taking scrap?’ When the video went viral, people started teasing the old man. Hurt by this, he hanged himself in front of people on Sunday and took his own life.
According to the police, the name of the old man who died after being hurt by people’s teasing was Pratap Ram. He was a resident of Chohtan (Barmer). It is being told that two-three months ago a Japanese female tourist had come to visit Marwar. One day when she was going with her friends, she saw an old man pulling a cart. When the woman asked for help, the old man said, what do you want to do, do you want to buy scrap? The youth made a video of this and posted it on social media.
On Sunday some young men harassed him a lot
After that the video went viral and people started teasing the old man. He would try to stop the teasers by running after them. On Sunday also some youths were teasing him. He would run after the youths to chase them away and the youths would run away. This continued for a long time and the youths did not listen. This hurt the old man.
People standing around kept watching the spectacle
He climbed a tree. The youth started making videos while teasing him. People standing nearby kept watching the spectacle. Meanwhile, the old man hanged himself from the tree in their presence. Seeing this, the youth who were teasing him ran away from there instead of saving him. Some youth kept teasing him by saying ‘Bhangar levano hai kai’ even during the incident. The old man hanging from the noose died of suffocation.
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 24, 2024, 14:33 IST