Mangalore, Feb 6, 2014 : Prof. Stephen Vadakkan, a well-known scholar, philosopher and mathematician has been found dead at the YMCA Hostel in the city on February 6, Thursday. The body was decomposed.The suspicion is that he might have committed suicide.
Prof. Stephen Vadakkan who was 61 years old was staying at the hostel since January 31. The watchman of the hostel who happened to pass by the room where Prof Vadakkan was staying sensed some foul smell and he looked inside only to find the professor dead.
It has been reliably gathered that he has left a letter asking to pay the room fee. Sources said he was a divorcee. The Professor’s son in Karkala has been informed, police said. Investigations are underway by Kadri police.
Prof. Stephen hailed from Doopadakatte in Karkala.