Theasan Pillay: Partner of lambasts suicide claims Theasan Pillay's partner - Lisa Sukdey - has denied that the attorney committed suicide after the 47-year-old's body was found in Umhlanga on Friday. Theasan Pillay’s partner – Lisa Sukdev – has slammed claims that the well-known Umhlanga lawyer committed suicide. The body of 47-year-old Pillay – who was the owner of Attorneys Theasan Pillay & Associates’ – was found with stab wounds in the arm and chest in his apartment on Friday. Pillay also allegedly left a suicide note in his office in Umhlanga shortly prior to leaving the premises on Friday morning. Pillay ‘WOULD NEVER COMMIT SUICIDE’