Sanitation worker ends life over delayed wage payment

Rauf Masih had reportedly refused to bribe the sanitation inspectors who retaliated by withholding his salary.

BAHAWALPUR: An exasperated sanitation worker, who had not been paid his salary for two months, has committed suicide in Bahawalpur.

Rauf Masih, an employee of the Bahawalpur’s Town Municipal Authority, had reportedly refused to pay a bribe to the authority’s sanitation inspectors who retaliated by withholding his salary.

TMA’s sanitation staff, who observed a complete strike in Bahawalpur on Thursday, said the inspectors responsible were Malik Riaz and Nazir Masih.

The workers demanded a thorough probe into the incident and said that they will continue their strike until an inquiry is completed and action is taken against those responsible.