COIMBATORE: A 24-year-old software engineer employed with a major IT firm at Keernatham in the outskirts of the city, committed suicide by hanging at his residence in Thaneer Pandal near Peelamedu on Sunday. In his suicide note he states that loneliness drove him to kill himself. His note also reveals his substantial wealth , estimated to be worth anywhere between Rs 12 to Rs 20 crore, which he has surprisingly bequeathed to chief minister J Jayalalitha.J Sathyanarayana was a recluse who rarely mingled with others. So when he lost his mother to cardiac arrest a few months ago, he was understandably very lonely. He had lost his father B Jaikumar in 2007 when he succumbed to a fall at his residence. Although he initially worked in Chennai, he acquired a transfer recently to live with his mother. He was devastated over her sudden death.After her death, he occasionally visited his grandfather Balu Naidu at Vaiyampalayam in Coimbatore. “He stayed with us once in a while. He seemed to be normal. I have no idea why he took the extreme step,” said 75-year-old Balu. When he did visit he mostly kept to himself, reading the newspaper. His neighbours hardly know anything about him as he rarely interacted with anyone even after his mother’s death.His suicide note reveals a very sad, lonely man. “When you read this, I will not be alive. I have nobody left in this world and I feel very lonely. I have some property worth between Rs 12 to Rs 20 crore which I wish to bequeath to Amma,” the note said.His grief-stricken relatives are surprised about his choice to leave all his wealth to the chief minister. As far as they can remember, he had never expressed his political leanings. However, they are determined to keep the wealth within the family. “It belongs to our forefathers and cannot be so casually handed over to anyone just like that,” said a distant relative of Sathyanarayana, on his father’s side.“Our team has recovered a suicide note from where he was found hanging. As of now we are unclear as to why he chose to end his life, even though the note indicates that he was lonely,” said Hema Karunagaran, Deputy Commissioner (Law and Order), Coimbatore City Police Peelamedu police have registered a case under section 174 of CrPc and will conduct an investigation in the case.