It was on April 14, Thursday night that Gangam Santhosh called up his elder brother Sridhar and said that he was exhausted by the harassment he was facing and could not take it anymore. Little did Sridhar know that it would be the last conversation with his brother and mother.
Ramayampet, a small town in Telangana’s Medak district located less than 100 km from Hyderabad, remains tense following the suicide by Santhosh, a realtor by profession, and his mother Padma. According to their family, Santhosh was being harassed and facing extortion from Municipal Council Chairman Palle Jithender Goud, Agriculture Market Committee Chairman Saraf Yadagiri, their henchmen, and Police Inspector Nagarjuna Goud who was posted in the town until recently, for the last 18 months.
Sridhar told TNM that the harassment started over a year ago. Santhosh, who dealt in real estate and finance, had acquaintances with all the well-known local names, including Jithender Goud and Saraf Yadagiri. The two men, both belonging to the ruling TRS, targeted Santhosh believing that he was behind an anonymous Facebook page named ‘Ramayampet Dongalu’ (Ramayampet Thieves), which sought to expose their ‘extortions’ and ‘illegal land encroachments’. They lodged a complaint with the local police accusing Santhosh of maligning their image.
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