Tamil Nadu’s then AIADMK leader and the former Rajya Sabha member N Rajendran was found dead in his car at the Tuticorin district on Wednesday.
With found bullet marks on his body police suspect that Rajendran shot himself.
His dead body was found near a bus stop at Kovilpattin. "He seems to have used his own licensed revolver. There was no suicide note found. A family problem appears to have pushed him. We are investigating," a police officer said.
Investigators are working on to find out the clues from his car. The 62-year-old minister was nominated as the Rajya Sabha member by the AIADMK in the year 1996.
He suddenly switched from AIADMK to DMK in 2000.