Overview
- Police identified the man as Nagendra S., an Ayurvedic doctor in his late thirties to early forties, who was taken to Bowring Hospital and is stable.
- Officers said he had ingested poison before reaching the site and that personnel on duty seized a bottle from his hand.
- Deputy Commissioner of Police Akshay M. Hakay said the incident occurred late morning and that a swift response ensured medical care.
- An FIR was filed at the Vidhan Soudha police station under BNS Section 226, which covers attempts to commit suicide to compel or restrain a public servant.
- Nagendra is named in a Soladevanahalli case alongside activist Puneeth Kerehalli over door-to-door nationality checks, and police had been looking for him in recent days after he posted a video accusing them of harassment.