Hyderabad, Sept. 8 -- Following the death of a Mulugu gram panchayat worker by suicide, the district administration has suspended two officers.

The suspension order came on September 4.

Panchayat secretary P Raghu and part-time bill collector G Kiriti have been suspended from service, Mulugu additional collector Sampath Rao told Siasat.com.

Gram panchayat worker, Maidham Mahesh, consumed pesticide after he was consistently denied his salary for over six months. He is survived by his wife, three children and elderly parents.

His wife staged a protest in front of the Mulugu municipality office, accusing the authorities of forcing her husband to take his own life after deliberately delaying his salary.

The previous day, Bharat Rashtra S...