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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Indian in Los Angeles kills family, self

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An unemployed Indian-American financial adviser killed his wife, three children and mother-in-law before shooting himself in his home in an upscale gated community in Los Angeles, the police said on Monday.

The body of 45-year-old Karthik Rajaram, a gun clutched in one hand, was found by police officers who were called by worried neighbours. They followed a trail of carnage through the home in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley Most of his victims had been shot in their beds.

"Absolute devastation," Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Michel Moore told reporters outside the home. Investigators found two suicide letters and a will.

Rajaram, who held an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles, once worked for a major accounting firm and was at least the part-owner of a financial holding company, officers said.

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Debt, starvation killing Andhra weavers

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A day after the suicide of three weavers, a case of starvation death of another was reported in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

Bitla Mallaiah, 55, who was found dead in his house at Kamalapur, had no work and died of starvation, said A. Nageshwara Rao, Kamalapur Sub-Inspector. Kamalapur is the assembly constituency of Telangana Rashtra Samithi floor leader E. Rajender.

At Sircilla town in the same district, three unemployed and debt-ridden weavers committed suicide yesterday.

Vengala Srinivas (30), an unemployed powerloom worker, living in Sunaraiahnagar locality, had run up a debt of over Rs 1 lakh and was being pressured by the lender to return it. On Saturday, he went to a neighbourhood shop, bought a bottle of pesticide, consumed it and went to his parents’ house in Tarakanagar. He died there. Srinivas is survived by his wife and two children.

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