Overview
- Rajan, whose body was recovered from the Adyar River after an alleged jump from the Thiru-Vi-Ka bridge on Sunday, was sent to Royapettah Government Hospital for a postmortem as police began their inquiry.
- Adyar Police registered a case and are investigating whether it was suicide and what may have led to it, and officials have not stated a motive.
- His daughter, A. Rajeswari, told reporters that unpaid dues from filmmakers and recent health problems, including a heart attack and pacemaker surgery, left him in deep distress, a claim now part of the developing picture.
- Some accounts say he asked his driver to stop on the bridge before the incident, a detail reported by limited sources and under police verification.
- Colleagues and public figures, including Khushbu Sundar, Vishal and R. Sarathkumar, paid tribute to the outspoken producer and former Chennai Film Distributors Association president, highlighting his decades of work and advocacy for small-budget filmmakers.