Hyderabad: Dr Shashi Kumar, accused of opening fire on his business partner over a dispute, committed suicide in a farmhouse at Nakkalapally on Tuesday, with the same weapon, hours after the attack. His body was found with bullet injury when the police team reached the scene.
A suicide note, purportedly written by Shashi, was recovered from the spot. The deceased claimed that he had not shot Dr Uday Kumar, his business partner, and alleged that their other partner, Dr Sai Kumar, had opened fire on Uday.
"We are verifying the allegations made in the suicide note," the Assistant Commissioner of Police said.
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Dr Shashi Kumar had earlier opened fire at his business partner inside a parked car at Himayatnagar following a quarrel over a partnership issue involving the Laurel Hospital at Madhapur that they had started on January 1.
Dr Shashi Kumar fired from point blank range, but the bullet nicked Dr Uday's left ear, causing an injury. Another partner, Dr Sai Kumar, who was inside the car, escaped without injuries.
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The three doctors, who were partners at Laurel Hospital in Madhapur, had been working on the partnership for three years.
The firing occurred inside the victim’s Volkswagen car at 4.30 pm on Street No. 6 in Himayathnagar. Dr Kumar had invited the partners for a meeting in the evening. They went to a restaurant but did not get a place to sit. They then parked at the street side to talk.
“Dr Uday Kumar was driving and Dr Sai Kumar was sitting in the front seat. The accused, who was sitting in the back seat, got angry during the discussion and started a quarrel. He suddenly took out the pistol and fired at the victim,” said a police official from Narayanguda.
Dr Shashi Kumar was angry because he felt that he was being sidelined in the business by his two partners and wanted his investment to be returned. “Dr Shashi Kumar invested up to Rs 75 lakh and the other two partners had invested up to Rs 3 crore. Dr Uday Kumar and Dr Sai Kumar became managing director and CEO of the new 100-bed hospital.
Dr Shashi Kumar was kept as a director among several other NRIs who had also invested in the hospital. He had earlier complained that he was not being given due importance when it came to management matters,” he said.
