Man tries to commit suicide inside CPI(M) headquarters

Kolkata, Sep 3(UNI) A man tried to commit suicide by immolating himself inside the CPI(M) state committee headquarters here today, creating a flutter in the political circle.

Debabrata Choudhury, 42, who made his entry inside the CPI(M) office feigning as a party member and the brother of an MLA, doused himself with kerosene in a bathroom. But when he came out and tried to light up a match stick, security men immediately caught him.

Police said the man, hailing from Baruipur in South twenty four Parganas district, had been arrested.

An investigation was on to ascertain the reason for his suicide attempt, police said.

UNI