Dhoni fan who went viral for house painted in Chennai Super Kings colours dies by suicide

A video of the house had reached MS Dhoni, who then said it was a great gesture.

Gopi Krishnan and his family in Arangur, Tamil Nadu call their residence Home of Dhoni Fan. (Photo/X/@ChennaiIPL)

A diehard MS Dhoni fan who shot to fame in 2020 after covering his house in Chennai Super Kings’ yellow colour, with its walls sporting the cricketer’s pictures and his IPL team’s logo, died by suicide at the same house in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

A police officer in Ramanatham told indianexpress.com that issues related to previous enmity were believed to have led Gopi Krishnan, 34, to take the extreme step. He said Krishnan killed himself around 4.30 am at his home in Arangur in Cuddalore district.

Gopi Krishnan recently had an altercation with them and was injured in the incident, his brother said, adding that he was upset after the incident. (Express Photo)

Ram, who identified himself as Krishnan’s brother, told Thanthi TV that his brother had a financial dispute with a few men in a neighbouring village. Krishnan recently had an altercation with them and was injured in the incident, his brother said, adding that he was upset after the incident.

The Ramanatham police have registered a case of unnatural death.

As a tribute to his role model and his beloved IPL team, Krishnan had also named his house as Home of Dhoni Fan.

Super Fan Gopi Krishnan and his family in Arangur, Tamil Nadu call their residence Home of Dhoni Fan and rightly so. 🦁💛

A super duper tribute that fills our hearts with #yellove. #WhistlePodu #WhistleFromHome pic.twitter.com/WPMfuzlC3k

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) October 13, 2020

A viral video of the house had reached Dhoni, who then said it was a great gesture.

“It is not something that can be done very easily. You say…You decide… the whole family needs to agree on that and then you go ahead with something like that. I would like to say thank you to the full family and I think it’s a great gesture,” he had said in a video.

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Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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