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OROP: Ex-serviceman commits suicide in Delhi

Updated on: 02 November,2016 12:46 PM IST  | 
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An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) in Delhi, police said today

OROP: Ex-serviceman commits suicide in Delhi


New Delhi: An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) here, police said today.


The 70-year-old ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide by consuming poison at a park in New Delhi area yesterday evening.


Police said he along with some other ex-servicemen was in the process of submitting a memorandum to the Defence Ministry over the issue of OROP.

According to his friends, Grewal had been upset over the issue for sometime. Ex-servicemen have been protesting over the OROP scheme introduced by the government.

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