Unpaid for 10 months, BSNL contract staff kills self in Kerala

A 52-year-old BSNL contract employee who worked at the Nilambur, Malappuram, BSNL Telephone exchange killed himself on Thursday. Kunnath Ramakrishnan was among the employees who had not received his salary for the last 10 months.  According to reports, the differently abled man who had got a job with BSNL through a disability quota had been working with the telecom operator as a part time sweeper for the last 30 years. On Thursday, he went to the telephone exchange and swept the place before killing himself.