A 55-year-old physically handicapped man ended his life by hanging himself in his house in the early hours of Thursday here in Nellore city in support of the rising demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh.
The man, identified as Ramisetti Lakshmaiah, left a suicide note. The incident took place at his residence in Kesava Nagar in Vedayapalem area in the city. Lakshmaiah said in his suicide note that the expected development would happen when AP was bestowed special status. He served as a contract worker in the housing projects for over 20 years but he lost his work in 2007. In an accident, one of his legs was cut off and he was drawing physically handicapped pension of Rs. 1,000 per month. When he took the extreme step, he was alone in his residence. He used a rope to hang himself from the ceiling. This house is Lakshmaiah’s own property but he shifted his family to a rented room in Podalakuru Road on account of some court litigation. But he was visiting the Kesava Nagar house frequently.
On Wednesday night, he came to his Kesava Nagar house and spoke to his friends in the locality before going to sleep. Around 5.30 a.m. today, his sister Kausalya, who lives in adjacent house, found his body hanging. On receiving information, the police arrived at the spot and seized the suicide note.
