A youth hailing from Dhule in north Maharashtra on Monday attempted suicide at the entrance of Mantralaya, the latest such incident at the state secretariat building in last several months.

Baban Yashwant Zote had poured kerosene over his body and was about to set himself on fire when police nabbed him, a senior official said. Zote decided to end his life to protest alleged corruption in the recruitment process in Dhule Municipal Corporation, the official said.