Chennai Doctor Dies By Suicide With Wife, Two Sons; Police Point To Huge Debt Burden
Dr Balamurugan, doctor and sonographer, ran several ultrasound centres in the city.
A Chennai-based doctor was found dead inside their home in Anna Nagar along with his wife and two sons on Thursday morning, broadcaster NDTV said in a report.
Dr Balamurugan, a sonographer, who ran several ultrasound centres in the city was found dead along with wife Sumathy, an advocate, and their sons, NEET aspirant Jaswant Kumar and Class 11 student Lingesh Kumar. They were found hanging in two rooms.
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The police told the broadcaster that they died due to suicide as they faced huge debts. The driver was the first person to report the deaths. He suspected something had gone wrong when no one responded to his calls. He went inside to find the dead bodies of the doctor and his wife and children.
“We suspect they killed themselves. They were in debt. We are investigating. No formal complaint received from anyone so far," the police officer was quoted as saying by NDTV.
The report said that it remains unclear if they left a suicide note behind or if they were facing pressure from lenders to return their money.
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