Man ends life in Hyderabad; Telangana angle suspected

In what appears to be yet another case of suicide for the cause of separate Telangana, a 45-year-old man today hanged himself here, police said.

Locals found the body of K Chandramouli hanging from an electric pole near municipal office on Uppal Road, and alerted the police.

A photo copy of the ration card of Chandramouli, who worked in a private firm, was recovered from him. A 'Kanduva' (scarf) of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) was wrapped around his body and 'Jai Telangana' (popular slogan of statehood supporters) was found written on one side of the photo copy, they said.

As the body was brought down from the tower, pro-Telangana activists reached the spot. Police dispersed them and shifted the body to a nearby hospital for post-mortem and later handed it over to his family members, an officer said.

Further investigation was on.

There had been sporadic reports of Telangana supporters committing suicide since last year in support of the statehood cause.

Asked if the man had "committed suicide" in support of demand for Telangana state, the police officer said they were investigating the matter.

"We only recovered photocopy of the ration card and 'Jai Telangana' written on other side of the paper," he said.