An elderly man with gastric problems in Ramanthapur in the city who feared that he may have contracted the coronavirus, committed suicide on Saturday.
According to family members V Krishna Murty (60), a resident of V S Apartments in Ramanthapur, feared that he may have gotten infected by the coronavirus even after testing negative.
He had been suffering from multiple health issues including asthma.
The doctors at King Koti Hospital confirmed that he had no Covid-19 symptoms, but he continued to worried about getting infected.
When his family members decided to shift him to Gandhi Hospital to have him checked up again for the virus, the man jumped down from the third floor, to his death.
The police filed a case and shifted the body to the hospital for a post-mortem.