India, Sept. 12 -- Jose Nelledam, a Congress functionary from Kerala's Wayanad, was found dead on Friday in a pond near his house, with the police suspecting it to be a case of suicide.

The local Congress leader was under investigation in connection with a case against another party member allegedly died by suicide on Friday, news agency PTI quoted police as saying.

Jose Nelledam, a member of the Mullankolli grama panchayat in Wayanad, allegedly consumed poison, inflicted injuries on his wrists before jumping into a pond house his home at Bhoothanamkunnu.

An officer of Pulpally police station said that locals rushed Nelledam to the hospital, but he died on the way.

An investigation has been launched and further steps will follow, poli...