Sunday, August 26, 2012

Businessman’s suicide triggers row




A businessman committed suicide allegedly because of “police harassment in the name of inquiry.”


Sunkara Mallikarjuna Rao, 45, took the extreme step by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house, as the police reportedly called him frequently at odd hours to elicit information on the murder of a private chit and finance company owner Gavara Chiranjeevi.


Rao, who traded in plastic and polythene bags and glasses, was a friend of Chiranjeevi, 47, who was murdered at his office at Akkayyapalem on August 11. Both played shuttle badminton.


According to souces, as the police suspected that someone known well to Chiranjeevi or some relative could have committed the crime, Rao was frequently called for inquiry.


The mental agony of reporting at the IV Town police station at night time and returning home after midnight, which led to his neighbours suspecting him to be involved in the case, forced Rao to take the extreme step.


In a suicide note purportedly written by him and found near his body, Rao reportedly wrote that he was committing suicide as he was unable to bear the police harassment in the name of investigation. He also asked his wife Hema to take the responsibility of their two daughters.


Unfortunate: ACP


Relatives of Rao raised slogans against the police, holding them responsible for the death when they went to the spot on getting information about the suicide.


The police shifted the body to the King George Hospital for post-mortem.


“Mallikarjuna Rao was neither an accused nor a major suspect. There were quite a few others who were also called for inquiry in connection with the murder case. He seems to be a very sensitive person. It’s very unfortunate that he took the extreme step,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) S. Venkata Rao said.


Youth held


A youth was arrested by the Cyber Crime police on Saturday on the charge of making abusive and offensive calls to a married woman besides hacking her passwords and e-mail IDs. S. Ramesh Kumar of Maharanipeta also reportedly threatened to post her photographs on the Facebook if she didn’t pay him Rs.1 lakh.



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