Bengaluru: The Vidhana Soudha police have filed an attempt-to-suicide case against former corporator V Nagaraj alias Naga, who consumed poison during a press conference on Friday.

Nagaraj, who had in a suicide note accused several senior Congress leaders and police officers of targeting him, said his detractors were trying to prevent him from contesting the assembly elections. His supporters rushed him to a private hospital in the nick of time and he is currently under treatment.

On Monday, a constable attached to Vidhana Soudha police station filed the attempt-to-suicide against Nagaraj. A senior police officer said that since none came forward to file the complaint, a police constable filed a complaint against Nagaraj. “We have booked Nagaraj under IPC section 309 (attempt to suicide). We will question him once doctors permit,” he said.

It may be recalled that the police arrested Nagaraj after recovering high-value demonetized currency notes worth Rs 14 crore from his residence in Srirampura, north Bengaluru in May.