A Young man committed suicide,for overly insulted

Hyderabad, May 01: A young man had committed suicide, who was insulted by a businessman for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at SR Nagar in the last week.

While coming to the matter, The deceased was, M Praneeth, a car cleaner from BK Guda in SR Nagar.Praneeth went to a chicken shop at BK Guda and stole the cell phone of a worker, Prithviraj On April 26, SR Nagar police said.

After stealing the phone, Praneeth returned to the shop in a while to see what was happening.

"Prithviraj told Praneeth that there was a tracker in the phone and he was going to approach police. Praneeth then left the shop and returned a little while later saying that one of his friends had stolen the phone and he offered to return it for Rs 700," SR Nagar inspector Md Waheeduddin said.

At the shop, Prithviraj noticed that the memory card was missing from the phone and they again took Praneeth to his house. "As soon as they reached the house, Praneeth slapped Razaq and ran into the house. Meanwhile, Praneeth's mother Neelamma came out and when Razaq explained her about the theft, she apologised to Razaq.

"The next day, on April 27, Neelamma sent Praneeth to Razaq's store to return the memory card. After Praneeth handed over the card, Prithviraj paid him Rs 10. In the night, Praneeth set himself ablaze at home with kerosene and he succumbed while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital on Saturday night," the inspector said.

After the death, police initially registered a suspicious death case on Sunday.However, when Neelamma alleged that Praneeth died due to the harassment of Razaq and Prithviraj, police altered the section to abetment to commit suicide. No arrests have been made so far.