India, Nov. 11 -- A 40-year-old man protesting against the Madhya Pradesh government at Jantar Mantar allegedly shot himself on Monday morning, police said.

According to police, the man hailed from Morena, Madhya Pradesh, and had been protesting to get her sister a job on compassionate grounds after her husband, a peon in the MP government's education department, died in 2019.

A police officer said: "He had been frequently coming to Delhi since July. He would apply for permission to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar. He wanted a job for his sister on compassionate grounds."

"The man's brother-in-law died in 2019. The 40-year-old had been trying to get his sister a job in the MP government's education department but was not successful. H...