Telangana man found hanging in Qatar after failed business, mounting debt

Ganta Chinnamutthenna, a 56-year-old from Armoor mandal in Nizamabad district, spent nearly two decades working in Qatar before returning to India to start a dairy business. However, financial losses left him in a debt trap. After a year of struggling with his failed venture, he returned to Qatar to work for a new employer but reportedly struggled with depression, according to sources.

Dubai: A Telangana expatriate, who had spent nearly two decades in the Gulf, was found hanging on the outskirts of Doha recently.

56-year-old Ganta Chinnamutthenna, a native of Armoor mandal in Nizamabad district, had worked in Qatar for nearly 20 years and returned home for good where he was caught in a debt trap after suffering losses in his newly launched dairy business. After a year of unsuccessful entrepreneurship in India, he returned to Qatar to work again with a different employer and was depressed, according to sources.

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He was preparing to return home following some differences with the new employer, however, Chinnamutthenna was found hanging on the outskirts of Doha city two weeks ago. Prior to taking the extreme step, he had given some cash which he had arranged to purchase the flight ticket to Hyderabad to a friend and asked him to remit it to his family.He had allegedly told family that his body would help them get Rs.5 lakh in an apparent reference to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s promise of Rs.5 lakh ex-gratia to those who died in the Gulf.

His body was repatriated with the help of the Indian Embassy on Wednesday, sources added.