A 54-year-old yarn commission agent of Ellapalayam in the city has ended his life after claiming in a video that he lost ₹62 lakh in a lottery here on Friday evening.
J. Radhakrishnan of Mullai Nagar in a self-recorded WhatsApp video said he lost the money to a lottery agent Senthil Kumar of Karungalpalayam, who is the husband of Ward 39 councillor in Erode Corporation. He said he could not bear the loss and hence was forced to take a decision.
He sought compensation of ₹30 lakh from the agent and asked his friends and Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy to claim the money from the agent and hand it over to his family. He also wanted a government job for his daughter who is a widow. He appealed to the Minister to ban the lottery completely as many families were affected. He sent the video to a few of his friends and ended his life at home.
