Hyderabad: A 27-year-old trader committed suicide in Petbasheerabad after losing money in cricket bets. Ghan Shyam Chand hung himself at home and left a suicide note in which he said that he was burdened by massive losses. Shyam had got married in May 2017.
Shyam was a resident of M.N. Reddy Nagar in Petbasheerabad. He ran a kirana store in Bowenpally. He had been betting on cricket matches since some few years. He recently bet huge amounts, which he ended up losing, thus landing him in a crisis.
Shyam and his family attended a wedding and returned home on Wednesday night. After his wife and parents fell asleep, he hung himself. When his family found him hanging, they rushed him to hospital. But doctors declared him dead on arrival.
A case of suspicious death was registered based on a complaint filed by Shyam’s father Durgaram. The police recovered a suicide note in which Shyam said that he had lost a lot of money through betting, which had led him to depression.
B.D. Prem Kumar, the SI of Petbasheerabad, said, “He did not name anybody in the suicide note. We are in the process of collecting other pieces of evidence. Once we analyse his mobile phone records, we may get more information.”
Meanwhile, police raided a cricket betting hub on Thursday and arrested three bookies.
