Chennai: A 25-year-old engineering graduate committed suicide by hanging in his house in old Alamathy near Red Hills on Saturday night. Cut injuries on his hand and the deceased man’s obsession with playing computer games sparked rumours that he was a victim of the ‘Blue Whale’ game. Attributing the man's death to depression, police off icers ruled out any possible links to the deadly online game.
The deceased was identified as T Dinesh whose farmer father Thirunavukkarasu runs a tea stall in the neighbourhood. Dinesh was working in a private firm in Mumbai and he had come home for Deepavali holidays last week.
On Saturday evening, his parents who had gone out returned home to find the door locked from inside. Repeated knocks on the door elicited no response following which, Dinesh’s father, Thirunavukkarasu and neighbours broke open the door.
“He had hung himself using his mother's saree”, a police officer said. Sholavaram Police rushed to the scene on information and moved his body to the hospital for post-mortem. Investigations revealed that Dinesh was depressed since he came home for holidays and kept mostly to himself, busy with his gadgets.
However, police recovered a suicide note in which he had mentioned that no one was responsible for his death.
“He had written that he was under depression and imagining things and wanted to know what lies beyond death,” a senior police officer told DC.
Sholavaram police have registered a case and are investigating. In case of suicidal thoughts, Call 104 helpline and Sneha (helpline no: 044 2464 0060, 2464 0050)
