Bangalore techie commits suicide in Hyderabad

Friday, 19 June 2009

The harshness of his life persuaded a Bangalore-based techie to bid adieu to the "selfish world" by consuming poison. The 26-year-old Pradeep Kumar Gondkar, a software engineer with IBM ended his life in a Hyderabad temple on Wednesday morning. Gondkar had emailed his suicide note to the Karnataka
Police and his brother-in-law Santhosh residing in Secunderabad.

Gondkar had taken the morning flight to Hyderabad from Bangalore, after sending the suicide note he visited the Shri Shyam Mandir. Police suspects that he might have taken cyanide, which made him collapse after offering prayers to the deities. According to his email, Gondkar "was fed up with his life and wanted to see what lies behind the curtains of death."

In his email, Gondkar says, "No one is responsible for my death and had taken this decision since I could not die daily." Gondkar's family is in a sense of shock as they are unable to comprehend his sudden death. "Father, Mother, I am sorry. I didn't meet your expectations. Please forgive me and I was not able to finish all my responsibilities," Gondkar adds in his email.