Estate owner shoots himself to death

  • | Thursday | 23rd November, 2017

Udhagamandalam: T S Bellie Raj, an estate owner and a well-known figure in the Nilgiris, shot himself to death using his licensed gun at his home in Kotagiri on Wednesday. As it is an unnatural death, a case has been registered," the officer told TOI.The body was sent to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for autopsy. The 80-year-old man was depressed as he was facing financial problems, his family said.According to Nilgiris SP Murali Rambha, Bellie Raj had tea with his son and son-in-law around 7.30am. "Shortly after that, the family members heard a gunshot from his room. Moreover, we also lack technical facilities to take samples of the gun powder.

Udhagamandalam: T S Bellie Raj, an estate owner and a well-known figure in the Nilgiris, shot himself to death using his licensed gun at his home in Kotagiri on Wednesday. The 80-year-old man was depressed as he was facing financial problems, his family said.According to Nilgiris SP Murali Rambha, Bellie Raj had tea with his son and son-in-law around 7.30am. "Shortly after that, the family members heard a gunshot from his room. They rushed to the room and found him dead. He had shot himself on the right side of his head. As it is an unnatural death, a case has been registered," the officer told TOI.The body was sent to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for autopsy. "The government hospitals in the Nilgiris do not have scanning facility. Moreover, we also lack technical facilities to take samples of the gun powder. Hence the body was sent to Coimbatore for postmortem and other tests," the officer added.Bellie Raj ran an educational institution, tea factory and a marriage hall in the Nilgiris and a spinning mill in Coimbatore.

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