A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kerala's Kannur district was found dead on Sunday, with the FIR stating that he died by suicide allegedly due to mental pressure linked to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties.

Aneesh George, 44, a school employee serving as a BLO for the SIR of electoral rolls, was found hanging at his home on Sunday. According to the FIR, George had been under mounting mental pressure from duties linked to the ongoing SIR exercise and preparations for the upcoming local body polls.

Family members and local residents said George had been working late into the night to meet targets. “His family said he was working till 2 am on Sunday, under immense pressure to complete SIR-related forms and distribute them across his designated area,” Shyam, a family acquaintance, told r

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