Bhubaneswar: A street vendor Subas Mallik committed suicide here on Tuesday night. The deceased was running a plastic items shop at Market Building here. Subas had some hand loans which he had taken to resume business post Covid. However, following eviction of street vendors from Market Building, Mallik was under stress and took the extreme step, reports stated.
This is the second case in a row in three days. Another street vendor Ajit Sahani who was running a bedsheet shop in Market Building had committed suicide. The local street vendors and Mallik’s family alleged that he was under stress after being evicted from Market building. Local police have registered a case and started investigation into the incident.
