Missing journalist's dead body found in Hyderabad's Hussainsagar lake
43-year-old V Prabhakar, who worked as a senior sub-editor of a vernacular daily, is suspected of having committed suicide.
Published: 24th February 2020 09:34 AM | Last Updated: 24th February 2020 09:34 AM | A+A A-
The Hussainsagar Lake in Hyderabad (Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons).
HYDERABAD: A 43-year-old senior sub-editor of a vernacular daily, who went missing two days ago, was found dead in the Hussainsagar lake on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as V Prabhakar, a resident of Anandnagar Colony.
The police, with the assistance of swimmers, fished out Prabhakar’s body. "We found an ID card on him.
Prabahakar’s son V Shilpi lodged a complaint with the Punjagutta police stating that Prabhakar went out without informing family members. He did not return home and his phone remained switched off," they said. Police officials suspect that Prabhakar committed suicide.
