HYDERABAD: Reportedly depressed over the defeat of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate in the bypoll held to the Dubbaka assembly constituency, a 35-year-old party worker allegedly died by suicide in Siddipet district, police said on Wednesday.
The man committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Konaipally village late on Tuesday night, a police official said.
According to his wife, he was depressed over the TRS candidate losing the byelection, the official added.
A case under CrPC section 174 (unnatural death) was registered.
The deceased was found wearing a TRS scarf around his neck.
In a close contest, BJP's M Raghunandan Rao defeated the TRS candidate Sujatha by a margin of 1,079 votes in the Dubbaka byelection, results of which were announced on Tuesday.