The family of a booth level officer (BLO) in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, who collapsed and died a day after he was suspended for alleged negligence of duties, claimed that he was under immense pressure related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Bhuvan Singh Chauhan was an assistant teacher in Soliya village. His daughter, Sangeeta Chauhan, said her father had intense workload after taking on duties as a BLO. “He was facing issues as there was pressure to survey at least 100 voters daily. On the day he was suspended, he couldn’t bear the pressure. He died on Wednesday,” she said.

Family members said Chauhan neither ate dinner nor slept the night after his suspension on Tuesday. His wife, Mishri Chauhan, described his final hours, saying, “He suddenly felt dizzy and co

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