Dehradun, Jan. 12 -- Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat, on Monday, expressed his concerns over the suicide of Sukhwant Singh, a farmer from Kashipur, who allegedly shot himself in a Haldwani hotel room, and urged for government to take action on the matter.

Singh alleged harassment and extortion by Udham Singh Nagar police in a Facebook Live video before his death, citing a Rs.4 crore land fraud case and pressure from police and property dealers.

Addressing this, Rawat, in an exclusive conversation with ANI, raised questions over law and order in the state, saying, "It is a shameful and eye-opening incident. From what Sukhwant said in the video, it seems to be a matter of declining effective secur...