A 27-year-old announcer on contract with the Central Railway allegedly tried to commit suicide on Thursday over non-payment of wage, police stated.
A video of Venkatesh Vemugutti expressing his woes about not being paid his wage for months and consuming poison has gone viral on social media.
Vemugutti claimed that announcers employed on contract had not been paid their salaries for over six months.
A resident of Mharal in Kalyan, the announcer was rushed to a hospital after the suicide try and the police had been knowledgeable, an official stated.
The police are at present recording Vemugutti’s assertion and no case has been registered to date, inspector Raju Vanzari of the Kalyan taluka police station stated.