American financier kills his family and himself

[and justice for all]

American financier kills his family and himself after losing fortune in credit crunch
dailymail.co.uk

A businessman gunned down five members of his family then shot himself after seeing his family's fortune wiped out by the stock market collapse.

Karthik Rajaram, 45, who had made almost £900,000 on the London stock market, shot his wife, three children and mother-in-law in the head before turning the gun on himself at the family home near Los Angeles.

He was found with the gun still in his hand.

In a suicide note to police, he blamed the killings on financial hardship brought on by a collapse in shares. [...]

LINK;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1070935/American-financier-kills-family-losing-fortune-credit-crunch.html

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[red_ram]

This is awful.

[limelady]

Yes, its dreadful. The poor guy obviously flipped his lid when his false 'god' (money) let him down.

But did he have to take his family with him? :(

[and justice for all]

But did he have to take his family with him? :(

I know.
Sick, selfish *****!!!!

[dangermouse]

Yes, its dreadful. The poor guy obviously flipped his lid when his false 'god' (money) let him down.

But did he have to take his family with him? :(

Its like the little boy/girl playing football and not getting their own way

"Im taking my ball and going home!!!"

[w1nstonsm1th84]

It's easy to judge someone, but unless you know the full facts behind the incident; you can only surmise- and possibly jump to conclusions. His death is just as tragic as that of those whom he allegedly killed.

[dangermouse]

It's easy to judge someone, but unless you know the full facts behind the incident; you can only surmise- and possibly jump to conclusions. His death is just as tragic as that of those whom he allegedly killed.

i wouldnt rule out anti depressants

[raptorialis]

Like a lot of people have said here. Don't worship a false God.
It might just turn on your mind.

"Material Wealth"


American financier kills his family and himself after losing fortune in credit crunch
dailymail.co.uk

A businessman gunned down five members of his family then shot himself after seeing his family's fortune wiped out by the stock market collapse.

Karthik Rajaram, 45, who had made almost £900,000 on the London stock market, shot his wife, three children and mother-in-law in the head before turning the gun on himself at the family home near Los Angeles.

He was found with the gun still in his hand.

In a suicide note to police, he blamed the killings on financial hardship brought on by a collapse in shares. [...]

LINK;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1070935/American-financier-kills-family-losing-fortune-credit-crunch.html

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[jesta_g]

truly saddening :(

this is a prime example of what money and materialism can do to someone.

[supertzar]

I imagine I would find a certain sardonic humor in these events if I was the one experiencing losing everything. I would probably figure it would be interesting to live poor after living the high life. Plus I would know that I could be successful again. I guess money and the power it brings is a deadly addiction, after all. You have to maintain yourself and not let money rule you.

[pihon]

please,,,, do u actualy think he killed his family....?....?....,,,,PLEASE IT SOUNDS TO CLICHE,,,,,A richman looses his fortune and gets depressed resulting in killing his loved ones,,,,,nope no no no,,,,,dear mr. news" We dont believe that B.S,,we aint the ones...........

[murksyourheroes]

I guess money and the power it brings is a deadly addiction, after all.

I know first hand that this is a fact. I've been there and back again. Rags to riches to rags to....

Once you get used to a certain level of wealth and have to go back down to what you were used to before it's devastating. It made me realize A LOT about myself when I fell flat on my face after getting used to making ONLY a few thousand dollars a week for a few years.

Like you said, if you did it once, you can do it again. Something else was at work here, he must have had some sort of mental problems.

Anti-depressants? More like lack thereof...

[dedicate]

Jai! Jai! Pihon!! -- After all we've supposidly learned, there are now 3 threads and 20 posters on this 1 news report, and only 1 poster points out the disinformation/misinformation probability of this story. More likely this guy was "offed" because he was involved in something illegal.

Really, do you still believe that 1,000 stock brokers jumped out of windows in 1931? After all we've learned, would you repeat that as the truth?

[raptorialis]

I'd like to see stock brokers, traders, bank managers, shady background types, little green men, politicians and all lawyers jump out of windows.

And thats just for starters.

:D

Jai! Jai! Pihon!! -- After all we've supposidly learned, there are now 3 threads and 20 posters on this 1 news report, and only 1 poster points out the disinformation/misinformation probability of this story. More likely this guy was "offed" because he was involved in something illegal.

Really, do you still believe that 1,000 stock brokers jumped out of windows in 1931? After all we've learned, would you repeat that as the truth?

[element]

Man killing themselves and their family.

Such family dramas happen quite often here. I read it almost weakly. Sad.

[limelady]

please,,,, do u actualy think he killed his family....?....?....,,,,PLEASE IT SOUNDS TO CLICHE,,,,,A richman looses his fortune and gets depressed resulting in killing his loved ones,,,,,nope no no no,,,,,dear mr. news" We dont believe that B.S,,we aint the ones...........

And not everything is a conspiracy either. Some people's psyches DO just crack under pressure, and the way the world is at the moment, anybody who still believes they are something they're not and have never been, is just as vulnerable to cracking as this man was when he was confronted with a truth he couldn't handle. At a guess I say he was a man who really believed he was the public image he'd create for himself - his ego became his own destruction. Sad.

So as the other old cliche goes.....'buckle up ....its going to be a bumpy ride'. :cool:

[raptorialis]

yep, i reckon many of us can understand how it may have gone for him.

I know i can...

Its the old saying... the bigger they are... the harder they fall!


And not everything is a conspiracy either. Some people's psyches DO just crack under pressure, and the way the world is at the moment, anybody who still believes they are something they're not and have never been, is just as vulnerable to cracking as this man was when he was confronted with a truth he couldn't handle. At a guess I say he was a man who really believed he was the public image he'd create for himself - his ego became his own destruction. Sad.

So as the other old cliche goes.....'buckle up ....its going to be a bumpy ride'. :cool:

[tyler]

This guy was not an American! He was from India and so were his wife and kids.
Asians, particularly Asian muslims have a tendency to wipe out their families in the name of some kind of honour.
These people were Hindus. Indians settled in the west are often the most materialistic of people and greedy with it.
Try doing some work for Indians. They haggle over the price and always try to get work done on the cheap.

Very sad for his family though. How cowardly to wipe them out because he couldn't cope or felt somehow dishonoured.

[zarah]

This guy was not an American! He was from India and so were his wife and kids.
Asians, particularly Asian muslims have a tendency to wipe out their families in the name of some kind of honour.
These people were Hindus. Indians settled in the west are often the most materialistic of people and greedy with it.
Try doing some work for Indians. They haggle over the price and always try to get work done on the cheap.

Very sad for his family though. How cowardly to wipe them out because he couldn't cope or felt somehow dishonoured.

Could we perhaps have some evidence for your assertions?

[tyler]

Just my own experience dealing with them!

Also, everybody knows about the honour killings that are rife in muslim society. father and brothers kill daughter because her hair came loose from under her veil or some such nonsense.
There is also the now banned practise of suttee where the widow throws herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.

[zarah]

Just my own experience dealing with them!

Also, everybody knows about the honour killings that are rife in muslim society. father and brothers kill daughter because her hair came loose from under her veil or some such nonsense.
There is also the now banned practise of suttee where the widow throws herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.

My days..

[tyler]

My days???

Not with you.

I belong to the Palestine Solidarity Movement and am very pro-Palestine and would love to see the invading Khazars pushed back into the sea but I am also appalled by the backwardness of much of muslim society and am saddened to see fundamentalism taking hold in the Holy Land.

[romas]

Well it's just sad whatever the real cause/effect for this was... I mean just from point of view of the kids, so horrible to have your ather do that onto you :<

Otherwise I really hate all the money players, fuck em all really.

[luminarywatch]

999,999 to go. Too bad it wasn't David Rockefeller.

[raptorialis]

i'd like to see a few more traders, stockbrokers and bank managers jumping out of windows.

It is the only honorable thing.

If they want 1929, they should be prepared to act out the role.

Personally i think the whole thing is BS. Someone decided that in 2008 the s*** was going to hit the fan - and so it did. Amazing coincidence.

Credit Crunch.
Main Street vs. Wall Street....
convenient labels.