Nalgonda: Private school teacher ends life over financial problems

HYDERABAD: A 28-year-old private school teacher committed suicide by consuming poison in Munugode, Nalgonda district on Sunday allegedly over unpaid dues. Family members of the teacher, Venkat, suspect that he committed suicide as his financial condition worsened after he stopped receiving his salary post the lockdown.
According to Munugode police, Venkat, who was working as a teacher in a private school in Narketpally, went to his family farm field and consumed poison.Later, his family members found him dead at the farm .
During investigation, the family members told police that Venkat might have taken the extreme step since he was not getting his salary as schools are shut. No suicide note was found.
“Besides salary, it looks like there are other family-related issues linked to the suicide and investigation is on,” Munugode police said.
As a student, Venkat was associated with PDSU, a students union.
Meanwhile, there are about over 3 lakh private school teachers across the state and most of them are not being paid by their schools since the lockdown was imposed in March.
Many of the private school teachers have also been taking up menial jobs or surviving on loans and pledging their valuables to eke out a living.