A UP power corporation worker died after setting himself on fire outside the house of an engineer who had allegedly asked him to “send his wife for a night”, police said on Monday.
According to the FIR filed with police, Junior Engineer Nagendra Sharma had also asked lineman Gokul (42) to pay him ₹1 lakh for a transfer he was seeking.
The JE and another lineman, Jagatpal, have been suspended.
Before taking the step on Saturday night at Hydle Colony in Pallia, Gokul made a video levelling the allegations.
According to the FIR lodged by his wife Rajkumari, the JE demanded ₹1 lakh and asked her husband to send her to him for a night for a transfer to Pallia.
