Arrested by police and allegedly harassed, an assistant primary school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district has killed himself by consuming poison.

30-year-old Manoj Purohit was arrested on charges of gambling, a day before Diwali. Purohit, who also runs private bus service, reportedly had an argument with the police earlier too.

According to his family he was subjected to humiliation in police custody. Apart from being thrashed and stripped, was also allegedly made to lick shoes of the policemen.

Purohit consumed poison on October 30 and died at the Jhansi Hospital on Thursday. In his suicide note, he blamed five policemen and a self-acclaimed journalist for his suicide.