CHENNAI: A 39-year-old man who incurred a loss of more than ₹15 lakh playing online rummy games hanged himself at his Porur home on Friday.
Police said the deceased, P Prabhu of Vigneshwara Nagar, was frustrated and decided to end his life. He lived with his wife Janani, 36, and their child. His wife had gone out on Friday morning to meet a relative and returned at night to find the door locked from inside. When there was no response to her knocks, she peeped in through the window only to find her husband hanging from the ceiling.