<p>A senior software engineer allegedly killed himself by inhaling nitrogen in his car in Northwest Bengaluru on Monday. He was said to have been depressed about his health.</p>.<p>The deceased was identified as Vijay Kumar (52), who worked for a private company and lived with his wife, son and daughter in Mahalakshmi Layout. The son is an MBBS student while the daughter is studying engineering.</p>.<p>Kumar left behind a purported note, which talks about his health problems.</p>.<p>Police investigations showed that Kumar underwent heart surgery last January and had been suffering from breathing problems since.</p>.<p>He left home on Monday morning and drove to a park in Kurubarahalli. He told a chaat vendor he was tired and would rest inside the car. Stating that passing vehicles would disturb him, he asked the street vendor to put a cover on his car. The vendor didn’t suspect anything and partially covered the car.</p>.<p>In the evening, a local resident who usually parked at the same place arrived and checked whose car it was. He was shocked to find a notice stuck to the front windshield, which said only police should open the car door because the vehicle is filled with poisonous gas.</p>.<p>The resident peeped inside and was horrified to see a man in the back seat with his face covered in plastic. The resident called the police.</p>.<p>Mahalakshmipuram police rushed to the spot and opened the car door. They found a 10-litre nitrogen cylinder and a pipe — one end was connected to the cylinder and the other was tied to plastic paper. The man inside the car had wrapped his face in the plastic paper.</p>.<p>Police took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police later traced his family.</p>.<p>The family told police that following a heart surgery last January, Kumar developed complications, including difficulty breathing. He also had suicidal thoughts, they said.</p>.<p>Police have learnt that Kumar had searched the internet for ways to end his life. He watched videos and chose to inhale nitrogen inside a closed car. He bought a cylinder, kept it in the boot space and inhaled the poisonous gas.</p>.<p>Police are ascertaining where Kumar bought the cylinder and if there were other reasons for his purported suicide.</p>
<p>A senior software engineer allegedly killed himself by inhaling nitrogen in his car in Northwest Bengaluru on Monday. He was said to have been depressed about his health.</p>.<p>The deceased was identified as Vijay Kumar (52), who worked for a private company and lived with his wife, son and daughter in Mahalakshmi Layout. The son is an MBBS student while the daughter is studying engineering.</p>.<p>Kumar left behind a purported note, which talks about his health problems.</p>.<p>Police investigations showed that Kumar underwent heart surgery last January and had been suffering from breathing problems since.</p>.<p>He left home on Monday morning and drove to a park in Kurubarahalli. He told a chaat vendor he was tired and would rest inside the car. Stating that passing vehicles would disturb him, he asked the street vendor to put a cover on his car. The vendor didn’t suspect anything and partially covered the car.</p>.<p>In the evening, a local resident who usually parked at the same place arrived and checked whose car it was. He was shocked to find a notice stuck to the front windshield, which said only police should open the car door because the vehicle is filled with poisonous gas.</p>.<p>The resident peeped inside and was horrified to see a man in the back seat with his face covered in plastic. The resident called the police.</p>.<p>Mahalakshmipuram police rushed to the spot and opened the car door. They found a 10-litre nitrogen cylinder and a pipe — one end was connected to the cylinder and the other was tied to plastic paper. The man inside the car had wrapped his face in the plastic paper.</p>.<p>Police took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police later traced his family.</p>.<p>The family told police that following a heart surgery last January, Kumar developed complications, including difficulty breathing. He also had suicidal thoughts, they said.</p>.<p>Police have learnt that Kumar had searched the internet for ways to end his life. He watched videos and chose to inhale nitrogen inside a closed car. He bought a cylinder, kept it in the boot space and inhaled the poisonous gas.</p>.<p>Police are ascertaining where Kumar bought the cylinder and if there were other reasons for his purported suicide.</p>