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75-year-old Hyderabad man ‘cheated’ by kin over property sale ends life
According to police, the man had sold his house at Musheerabad here to his relatives for ₹6.10 lakh, but the latter got the registration done in 2010 for a value of ₹29.30 lakh.
A 75-year old man allegedly committed suicide depressed over being ‘cheated’ by his relatives who registered a property he sold for ₹6.10 lakh for ₹29.30 lakh ten years later in 2010, resulting in the I-T department issuing him a notice, police said Sunday.
The retired private sector employee hanged himself in his house here Saturday, they said.
In a suicide note purportedly written by him, the elderly man accused his relatives of having cheated him, Malkajgiri Police Station Sub-Inspector K Sanjeeva Reddy said.
According to police, the man had sold his house at Musheerabad here to his relatives for ₹6.10 lakh, but the latter got the registration done in 2010 for a value of ₹29.30 lakh.
The IT department had recently issued him a notice seeking clarifications over the sale transaction, the SI said.
Later, he had called up his relatives but they did not respond. As a result, he went into depression and resorted to the extreme step, he said.
A case had been registered against his relatives under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide), the official said.
