DAE scientist commits suicide, senior booked for abetment

April 11, 2010 06:43 pm | Updated 06:43 pm IST - Indore

A scientist working with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) here allegedly committed suicide and his senior has been booked on abetment charges, police said on Sunday.

The body of Tirumala Prasad Tenka (30) of DAE-run Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) was found hanging at his house in Rajendra Nagar Saturday night. The bachelor had left behind a letter holding his senior, G.S. Lodha, responsible for his taking the extreme step, police said.

Lodha, a senior officer of RRCAT, was on Sunday booked under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide). The letter alleged that Lodha had mentally tortured him, police said.

Tenka, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was working with the centre for the last five years.

“We have lost a talented scientist and it is a big jolt to us. It is hard for us to understand right now in what circumstances Tenka took this extreme step,” RRCAT Director P D Gupta told PTI.

RRCAT was providing all help to the police in the investigation, he said.

After doing his bachelors from training school of RRCAT in 2005, Tenka joined its Indus Synchrotron Utilisation Division as scientist officer (Grade C). He was promoted in two years, officials said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.