India, May 30 -- Protests against a city-based educational institution escalated on Thursday following the death of an employee who had reportedly not been paid salary for 11 months. Members of the Patit Pavan Sanghatana (PPS) staged protest at the institute alleging that the college administration had deliberately withheld the employee's salary.

The 37-year-old who worked as an electrician at the institute was found dead at his residence in Jaybhawaninagar in Kothrud on Tuesday afternoon. The family alleged that he took the extreme step due to financial stress caused by the prolonged non-payment of salary.

According to the family, the staff had made a video call to a clerk at the institute shortly before his death, during which he ment...