Bengaluru: Pratham, the winner of Big Boss Kannada season 4, has allegedly attempted suicide by taking sleeping tablets on Tuesday night.

In a video uploaded on Facebook, Pratham attributed harassment by his friend Lokesh as the main reason for taking extreme step. “I am disturbed a lot due to harassment from Lokesh. I am not able to bear the torture of Lokesh. I am yet to receive prize amount from the TV channel but many people are asking me when I am planning to distribute that money to the needy people,” Pratham said in a video.

Meanwhile, Vivek, one of Pratham’s friend speaking over the telephone from Mysuru to a private TV channel, has claimed that Pratham is disturbed a lot due to the torture by some people. “I came to know that Lokesh, a friend of Pratham who wrote lyrics for Pratham’s film, had an argument with him on Tuesday night. As of now, Pratham is staying at an apartment given by a Kannada film producer,” Vivek said.