A SOFTWARE engineer was found hanging in his flat at Chikkabanavara in the Bengaluru on Monday (7), police said.
Prashant Nair (40), who is suspected to have died by suicide, was working with Lenovo, police said.
No suicide note has been found so far.
His wife Pooja Nair is also a software engineer, working with Dell.
They got married 12 years ago and have an eight-year-old daughter.
Prashant’s father M N Kutty said that his son and Pooja were living separately for some time following a discord.
Kutty said he was trying to reach Prashant over the phone, but his calls went unanswered.
He reached his house to check and found him hanging from the ceiling fan.
A case has been registered at the local police station and investigating is underway.
This photograph taken on April 28, 2026 shows a boy getting "thali", a sacred thread tied to his neck symbolising marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom.Getty Images
This photograph taken on April 29, 2026 shows a member of the transgender community mourning as a priest cuts the "thali", a sacred thread symbolising end of her marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom. Getty Images
