Ex-serviceman commits suicide allegedly over OROP issue, Kejriwal targets Centre

An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) in the national capital, police said on Wednesday.

The 70-year-old ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide by consuming poison at a park in New Delhi area on Tuesday 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 disparities in OROP scheme introduced by the government.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the Narendra Modi government and questioned it over OROP scheme claims.

"Very sad. Soldiers fighting on border against external enemy and fighting within for their rights. Whole nation should stand up for their rights. Both farmers and soldiers are committing suicide in Modi Raj. That means the Prime Minister is lying that OROP has been implemented. Why would Ram Kishan ji have committed suicide if OROP was being implemented?," Kejriwal tweeted.

Kejriwal will visit the family of the ex-serviceman in Haryana.