Sangareddy, February 25: Panyala Naveen is a polio-affected boy, aged five, playing with his three-year old sister Manusha at an open place in the Government Hospital.
Close to him his mother Yadamma, grandmother Mallamma and grandfather Shiva Raj are weeping inconsolably. He is not aware why they are weeping nor does he know that the body of his father Srisailam is on the post mortem table, few yards away from where he is playing.
Srisailam committed suicide at Maktha Allur village in Sangareddy mandal by consuming pesticide on Tuesday evening, reportedly for Telangana as per the suicide note.
Extreme step
As the emotion touched the peak, he took the extreme step without thinking about the fate of the family.
“I do not know what to do from tomorrow. Though I am having a three acres land I cannot cultivate it and my son has gone,” says septuagenarian Shiva Raj. “Who will take care of our family now? How will we raise the children?” was the question posed by the women.
Same was the fate of families of D. Yadagiri of Muslapur and Md. Mustafa of Jinnaram, who committed on Sunday and Monday respectively.
According to sources, Yadagiri’s mother has been eking out a living working as a household worker in Hyderabad while two of his brothers are studying in social welfare hostels. The future of the family would have been different had Yadagiri completed his graduation.
As far as the case of Mustafa was concerned, he also left his wife and four children behind to their fate after immolating himself.
“He was from a middle class family and dependent on photo studio for earnings. The family was shocked with his sudden demise,” says a police official investigating the case.
“This is nothing but taking the emotions to the heart. We never thought that Srisailam will commit suicide,” says P. Ramesh, a native of Maktha Allur village.
-Agencies