Chennai: Unable to bear the pressure of work, a young man shocked himself to death by wrapping electrical wires around his body. Karthikeyan (38), a native of Theni, Tamil Nadu, an employee of a software company, was found dead in his house at Thahampur on Old Mahabalipuram Road near Chennai.
Karthikeyan was found dead when his wife Jayarani returned from visiting the temple. Jayarani went to visit the temple with her friends after bringing her two children close to their mother. When Jayarani returned in the evening, the door was locked from inside.
Karthikeyan did not open the door despite knocking. Then Jayarani opened the door using the spare key and went inside to find Karthikeyan dead with electric wires wrapped around his body. They immediately informed the neighbors and they informed the Dhamampur police.
The police shifted Karthikeyan’s body to Chrompet Government Hospital for post-mortem. The police informed that the young man was undergoing treatment for depression for the last two months as he could not bear the pressure of work.
Karthikeyan joined a software firm in Pallavaram 15 years ago. The family says that recently they used to complain about the workload. Police have registered a case of unnatural death.
