Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 17 -- Booth-level officers (BLO) across Kerala are set to boycott their duties on Monday following the suspected suicide of a BLO near Payyanur in Kannur district allegedly due to high stress over work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls kn the state.

An officer of the Payyanur police said that a 41-year-old school attendant, posted as a BLO in the Kankol - Alappadambu panchayat, was found dead at his home on Sunday.

His family alleged that the BLO was under tremendous mental stress over distributing the enumeration forms to each household and completing the scrutiny within the deadline prescribed by the Election Commission.

His father told reporters on Sunday, "My son was under a...