Bhubaneswar: In a very shocking incident, the body of ‘Padhee’s Tutorial Pvt. Ltd’ owner, Janaki Ballav Padhee was found hanging in his residence at Brahmeswarpatna area of the city on Thursday morning.
He was 55 years of age while he breathed his last, having two daughters. He was residing at Plot-55 of Basant Vihar Colony at Brahmeswarpatna area of the city.
Police said that the body was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home with the help of a piece of long cloth. Besides, police have also recovered a ten-paged suicide note from his house.
The dead body was first of all recovered by his brother-in-law in the first floor bedroom of the house.
However, the Badagada police have already started its investigation, by initially questioning the family members. The reason behind his death is yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, his death has death has turned to be a mysterious one, as the dead body was lying with the knees touching the bed.
As per sources, Padhee had lent ransom amount of loan, amounting to crores in his account. As such with preliminary investigation, police suggests that he might have committed the act on being mentally pressurized.
However, it may be noted here that Padhee’s tutorial is an institute having its branches all across the state and is engaged in training students for IIT-JEE, AIPMT/PDT, AIIMS, MCA, MBA and other state & national level competitive and career examination
Prasanta Patnaik