Mar 25 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)

Man hangs himself before retiring to help son get 

govt job

Vellore: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





A 58-year-old office assistant (OA) at the Katpadi Block Development Office in Vellore dis trict of Tamil Nadu commit ted suicide by hanging him self at his workplace on Friday , police said.

Mahalingam of Old Katpadi ended his life to help his son get a government job on compassionate grounds, police said. He was to retire within a week.

The Katpadi police recovered a suicide note from his shirt pocket. In the note, Mahalingam had stated that he was in a state of depression. He alleged that his colleagues were responsible for his death.

He stated that one of his colleagues had abused and humiliated him recently , police said. He had borrowed loans and was not able to repay it, besides his son did not get a proper job, the police said, quoting the suicide note.

Mahalingam had stated that he decided to end his life hoping that the government would provide assistance to his family to repay the loans that he had taken.

Police sources stated that Mahalingam's service would end on March 31 and a retirement function had been organised. He was depressed as his son did not have a proper work. “We suspect that he committed suicide to help his son get a government job on compassionate grounds,“ said a police officer privy to the investigation.

The police shifted the body to Government Vellore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem. Mahalingam is survived by his wife Amuthavalli, two daughters and a son.