Tamil film producer-director B Ashok Kumar, relative of director-actor Sasikumar, reportedly committed suicide in his house in Alwarthirunagar, Chennai on Tuesday. In his suicide note, Ashok Kumar reportedly blamed a film financier for forcing him to end his life. Ashok Kumar reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his multi-storeyed apartment at Arcot Road. His eight-page suicide note, Ashok Kumar accused Anbuvheziyan, a Madurai-based film financier, of charging high interest for taking loans and described how he has been paying interest to him for the past seven years.

Ashok Kumar. Pic/YouTube