B Ashok Kumar Suicide

Noted South Indian actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday asked the government to provide protection to the film industry, which did not have proper safeguards, he said, as seen by a producer's suicide because he was allegedly harassed by a loan shark.

The film fraternity in Tamil Nadu is in shock after the suicide of B Ashok Kumar, a prominent film producer who was allegedly harassed by a loan shark. Mr Kumar was found hanging in his apartment at a highrise in Chennai on Tuesday. Actor Vishal, who heads the Tamil Nadu film producers' council, has asked the police to treat the suicide as murder

Noted South Indian actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday asked the government to provide protection to the film industry, which did not have proper safeguards, he said, as seen by a producer's suicide because he was allegedly harassed by a loan shark.

The film fraternity in Tamil Nadu is in shock after the suicide of B Ashok Kumar, a prominent film producer who was allegedly harassed by a loan shark. Mr Kumar was found hanging in his apartment at a highrise in Chennai on Tuesday. Actor Vishal, who heads the Tamil Nadu film producers' council, has asked the police to treat the suicide as murder