Monday, June 15, 2009

News Desk

KARNATAKA: Police on Sunday said they suspected that Kaiga atomic power plant scientific officer Loganathan Mahalingam, 47, had committed suicide by jumping into the swollen Kali river June 8 when he was reported missing.
“We suspect it to be a case of suicide... by jumping into the river, which has been in spate due to heavy monsoon rains,” Mallapur police inspector KG Gaonkar told IANS from Kaiga, about 500 km from Bangalore.
The decomposed body was identified to be that of Mahalingam by his widow Vinayakar Sundari from the clothes he wore and a finger ring after it was shifted to the Kaiga hospital from the river bank, adjoining the township. A senior police official said it was too early to suspect any foul play, as investigation into the tragic incident was still in progress.