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Harassment suspected behind ex-DAE official’s suicide

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Continued harassment by his former colleagues might have driven Chandrashekar, who was last employed with a private power company, to commit suicide.

Chandrashekar (40), his wife Krishnaveni (35), and daughter Amulya (15), were found dead in their flat in Koramangala 4th Block on Tuesday. The Vivek Nagar police have called Krishnaveni’s relatives from Visakhapatnam on Thursday to find out reasons behind the suicide and also conduct autopsy.

Chandrashekar and his daughter Amulya were found hanging in one room while Krishnaveni was found dead in another room. It was not known whether she was poisoned or strangulated. The incident came to light following a complaint from the neighbours that foul smell was emanating from the adjoining flat. The police did not find any suicide note.

Looking at the computer, the police found Chandrashekar had worked as a scientific officer in the Department of Atomic Energy, Kalpakkam, for 14 years. Following alleged harassment by his colleague, he joined a private power company in Rajamundry.

He quit the job for the same reason and came to Bangalore four months ago. Chandrashekar has written that he and his wife were disturbed over the continued harassment.

The police have not found any evidence of Chandrashekar working for Satyam Computers in Bangalore.

Killed in accident

Nandini (23) was killed and her colleague Syed was injured when the car by which they were travelling hit a median near Sampegehalli in Chikkajala police station limits on Tuesday night.

The police said Nandini, a resident of Border Security Force quarters, was returning from her office in Marathahalli.

Her colleague Syed offered to drop near the quarters in his car. Syed lost control over the vehicle and hit the median. Both were taken to a private hospital, where Nandini died.

Murder

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly smothered to death by her husband and another woman in Gandhipura in Whitefield police station limits on Tuesday. The police said Anita married Muniraju, who deals with agricultural equipments, eight years ago. She and her two children were living along with Muniraju’s paramour Mary.

Anita was having frequent quarrels with Muniraju as she was unhappy with her husband relationship with Mary. Following one such quarrel on Tuesday, Muniraju and Mary allegedly murdered Anita.

The police have arrested Muniraju.

Arrest

The Upparpet police have arrested Kiran of Bhadravati and his three alleged associates for allegedly possessing a tiger pelts and four Black Buck pelts. Kiran and his associates were found selling the pelts in Gandhinagar. The police are trying to find other persons associated with Kiran.

The Subramanya Nagar police have arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in a case of chain snatching in BHEL Layout. The police gave the names of the accused as Ramesh (27), Wasim (20), Manjunath (19) and Somashekar (22). They have recovered the stolen gold chain which was deposited with a finance firm.

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