India, Nov. 21 -- A school teacher involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll was found dead at his residence in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district on Friday. A note the teacher purportedly left behind said he was exhausted from the SIR workload, depressed, and could no longer continue, while apologising to his wife and son. It said he had no strength left.

His family said the teacher was handling regular class work and SIR responsibilities and had been complaining about sleepless nights and mounting pressure to meet daily targets for voter list verification and data entry.

Gir Somnath police superintendent Jaydeepsinh Jadeja said they were investigating the matter. "The body has been sent for post-mortem...