Handloom worker commits suicide after jumping before train in Kurnool district

Kurnool: In an incident, a handloom worker has committed suicide by jumping before the train near Veldurthi mandal in Kurnool district on Wednesday.

According to the police, Raj Kumar (35), a native of Potugallu village in Krishnagiri mandal has moved to Kodumur and works as a handloom worker after getting loses in agriculture four years ago. He has a debts burden of nearly Rs 7 lakh.

As he found no way to come out of the loans, Kumar said that he is going for a morning walk and went to Veldurthi on Wednesday morning. Form there, he phoned his wife Sri Devi that he is going to commit suicide.

Immediately, she informed her relatives in Veldurthi and by the time they reached the spot, he was found dead on the railway track. On receiving the information, the police arrived on the site, registered a case and investigating further.