Wayanad : A Arimulam native in Wayanad was found hanging and police suspect the death is related to Loan App dealings. The deceased is identified as Ajayraj from Chirkonam.
Ajayraj left home for work early yesterday morning. His phone stayed switched off since and when repeated calls from family and friends were to no avail, they conducted search of the area and came upon his lifeless body hanging in the woods.
Ajayraj suffers from kidney ailment. It was initially assumed that financial hardship and mental stress in the situation had led him to suicide.
However close to midnight yesterday, some of Ajayraj’s close relatives started to receive obscene messages on their phones. The passed the information to police. Police replied to the senders informing Ajayraj was dead, to which they responded saying it was a joke. The messages were received from a 12-digit internet number.
Police have taken Ajayraj’s phone into custody and begun investigations.
