Karnataka Waterman Dies By Suicide Over Unpaid Wages

Waterman Chikoosa Nayaka died by suicide outside the Honganuru Gram Panchayat office, citing 27 months of unpaid salary and harassment by officials in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district. Police registered a case under the SC/ST Act, and the PDO was suspended. The BJP blamed the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government for repeated wage-related deaths.