Man, 65, blames DMK cadre for losing 62L in online lottery, ends life

Erode: A 54-year-old man committed suicide by hanging in his house at Mullai Nagar here on Saturday after making a video stating he lost 62 lakh to DMK functionary Senthil Kumar, who was running an online lottery, and sharing it on WhatsApp. The video has gone viral on social media. The Erode north police have registered a case and initiated an inquiry.
A police officer identified the deceased as J Radhakrishnan, a yarn commission agent. He is survived by his wife Malathi, 52, and two daughters. “Radhakrishnan was running a power loom unit, which he shut down after incurring huge losses, before becoming a commission agent for yarn.”
On Friday night, the officer said, Radhakrishnan recorded a video stating he had lost 62 lakh in an online lottery fraud and was afraid he would become addicted to the online lottery if he’s alive. After sharing it with some of his contacts on WhatsApp, he committed suicide in the early hours of Saturday.
Family members spotted him hanging from the ceiling of his room in the morning and alerted the Erode North police, who sent the body to the government hospital for postmortem.
District superintendent of police V Sasimohan said they were inquiring about how Radhakrishnan lost money to Senthil Kumar. “We will arrest him, if proved guilty.”tnn