A 38-year-old animation artist allegedly took his own life by consuming poison over lakhs of debt. The victim, Shrinivas Parthsarathi, was found dead in a hotel room where he had been staying with his friend since December 1, as per Bangur Nagar police.

Police said that on Monday, Parthsarathi called Ashwin Shigote, who he had been living with, after Shigote left for work and told him that he was thinking about drinking poison. Shigote tried to dissuade him and kept calling him in intervals to check on him. However, Parthsarathi stopped answering his calls around 11 am, following which Shigote and another colleague, Anuj Gupta, rushed to the hotel. They opened the door with the help of hotel staff and found Parthsarathi lying on the bed.