Shocking News:Padhee’s Tutorial chairman J B Padhi found dead
By Tirthankar Patel
Bhubaneswar, April 6: Leading educationist and chairman of Padhee Group of Institutions, Janaki Ballav Padhi, – was on Thursday morning found hanging from the ceiling fan in his bedroom at his Brahmeswarpatna residence here in the city.
The local Badagarh police has seized the body.
A suicide note has purportedly been seized from the bedroom.
The police has, however, not yet disclosed the reasons behind his death. Nor has it confirmed if it is a case of suicide or murder.
Sources said Padhi was under tremendous pressure because debt burden. Two banks had reportedly served him notice for loan recovery and even threatened seizure of his house if the debt was not paid.
A first generation education entrepreneur, Padhi had shot to fame with success of Padhee’s Tutorial units at Satyanagar in Bhubaneswar, Badabadi in Cuttack and Rourkela.
His Kushagra Institute of Information and Management Science and Technology and Plus Two science college near Cuttack had also carved niche for themselves among the educational institutes.
