In the unabated spate of suicides for achieving the special category status for Andhra Pradesh, a 55-year-old physically handicapped man ended his life by hanging himself in his house in the early hours of Thursday here in Nellore.
The man was identified as Ramisetti Lakshmaiah, who took the extreme step and left a suicide note. The incident took place at his residence located at Kesava Nagar in Vedayapalem area in the city.
Lakshmaiah said in his suicide note that the expected development would happen and unemployment problem solved only when A.P. was bestowed upon with the special category status.
Lakshmaiah served as a contract worker in the housing department’s projects for over 20 years but he lost his work in 2007. In an accident, one of his legs was cut off and he was drawing physically handicapped pension of Rs. 1,000 per month. Severe financial problems and lack of employment have disturbed him the most.
When he took the extreme step, he was alone in his residence. He used a rope to hang himself from the ceiling. This house is Lakshmaiah’s own property but he shifted his family to a rented room in Podalakuru Road on account of some court litigation. But he was visiting the Kesava Nagar house frequently for the sake of security reasons.
On Wednesday night, Lakshmaiah came to his Kesava Nagar house and he spoke to his friends in the locality before going to sleep. At around 5.30 a.m. on Thursday his sister Kausalya, who lives in adjacent house, tried to wake him up but he was sleeping. But after an hour, his sister came back to wake him but he was found hanging.
On receiving information, the police arrived at the spot and seized the suicide note.
