Hyderabad: Hours after firing at his business partner and absconding, Dr P. Shashi Kumar was found dead at a farmhouse on the city’s outskirts on Tuesday morning.
Police says that Dr Kumar committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his licensed 0.32 revolver at the farmhouse at Nakkalapally in Moin-abad mandal of Ranga Reddy district.
Dr Kumar left behind a suicide note stating that he “did not kill” his partner Dr Uday Kumar Rachakonda. Police suspect that he might have thought that Dr Uday Kumar was dead, though he actually suffered a minor injury.
The suicide note also stated that five people, including his two partners — Dr Uday Kumar and Dr Sai Kumar — had cheated him to the tune of Rs 1.3 crore. Dr Shashi Kumar also requested the police to take action against the five.
“I did not kill Uday. Sai Kumar fired at Uday taking my revolver,” he stated in the suicide note found near his body.
He alleged that Dr Uday Kumar, Dr Sai Kumar, Obul Reddy, Rama Rao, and K.K. Reddy owed him Rs1.3 crore and they had cheated him, said Moinabad inspector G. Srinivas.
