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Representative image COIMBATORE: A 29-year-old Avarampalayam resident, who lost Rs 7 lakh in online gambling, committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train in Tirupur district, police said. S Elvin Fredric, who was working in a private firm in the city, had gone missing from his rented house at Ilango Nagar in Avarampalayam on Tuesday. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Fredric took the extreme step after losing money in online gambling. “His mother Elizabeth had left for her hometown in Thoothukudi on Sunday. She returned on Tuesday morning and did not find her son at the house. We were not able to trace him as he had left behind his mobile phone,” a police officer said. ....