Alone after wife stranded in B’luru, 72-yr-old ends life in Adambakkam

The deceased was identified as Chandramohan (72) from Adambakkam, a retried private firm employee. Police said his wife went to visit their daughter in Bengaluru before the lockdown started in March and could not return after that. Chandrasekaran, who had health issues, could not survive the lockdown alone. Sources said his wife had applied for e-pass many times, but every time it got rejected.

On Thursday morning, the neighbours noticed a foul smell coming from Chandrasekaran’s house and informed the Adambakkam police. The police, on breaking open the door found Chandrasekar hanging from the ceiling of his bedroom. Police retrieved the body and sent it for post-mortem to Chromepet government hospital. Police said he might have committed suicide four days ago. A case has been registered and further inquiry is on.