Updated On: 16 July, 2021 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Virar businessman found dead at the eatery he ran; note accuses the property owners of harassment when business was shut

Karunakar Puthran, also known as, KK. Pic/Hanif Patel
A restaurateur was found dead on Thursday after allegedly facing mental harassment by his business partners, on whose Virar property he was running Star Planet, a restaurant. The deceased, Karunakar Puthran, 48, hanged himself at the restaurant and left a suicide note blaming the property owners, with whom he was in a profit-sharing partnership.
Puthran was found hanging inside the restaurant around 9 am by its woman cleaner, who raised an alarm. The restaurant’s manager, Devdas Madival, reached the spot around 10 am.