A 38-year-old software engineer suffering from depression died by suicide at his home in Chennai. Police said Karthikeyan electrocuted himself and his wife found him tangled in a live wire Thursday.
Originally from Theni district in Tamil Nadu, Karthikeyan lived in Chennai with his wife and two children, aged 10 and eight years. He had been working as a techie at a software firm for the past 15 years. Police have said Karthikeyan had earlier complained of being upset due to work pressure and was under treatment for depression for two months, according to a report in The Times of India.