The estate’s accountant was found hanging at his home near Udhagamandalam Family members say he was worried about the fate of his job at the estate This is the second death related to the estate after a security guard was killed on April 24
In yet another death of a person connected with former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa's Kodanadu estate, an accountant was found hanging at his home near Udhagamandalam on Monday, police said.
28-year-old Dinesh Kumar was found hanging at his home in Kothagiri under mysterious circumstances, police said. The death comes just over two months after one of the security guards at Jayalalithaa's estate bungalow near Udhagamandalam was murdered by a gang on April 24 and a suspect died later in road mishap.
Another suspect in the break in-cum-murder was seriously injured in a road accident, that left his wife and daughter dead.
The body of Kumar, one of the three accountants attached to the estate which used to be Ms Jayalalithaa's retreat, was taken to Kothagiri Government hospital, where a postmortem will be done, police said.
Members of Dinesh Kumar's family said that two days ago he and some of his colleagues at the estate were reportedly discussing the fate of their jobs with the likely change in management of the sprawling estate.
Police said they were also investigating whether there was any family dispute behind the death of Mr Kumar.
The Kodanadu estate figures in the disproportionate assets case involving jailed AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala and former chief minister Jayalalithaa who died in December last year, among others.
