Beltangady: Newly-married Couple Commits Suicide near Arambodi

Daijiworld News Network - Beltangady (GA)

Beltangady, Aug 31: In a shocking incident, a newly-married couple from Palkadadi near Arambodi here ended their life by consuming pesticide on Wednesday August 30.

Ravi Poojary (30), son of Kantappa Poojary of Palkadadi and his wife Lakshmi (25) ended their life on Wednesday. So far the reasons behind the suicide are not known.

Ravi had married Lakshmi in the month of April. Eversince he was living in a separate house. He was a painter by profession. But of recent he was also working as paper distributor in Mangalore. It is said that he had bought a two-wheeler after marriage. Along with that he had also availed loan for his marriage which he was still repaying.

The family sources reported to have said that only financial constraints might have pushed the couple to take such bizarre step.

Lakshmi's brother Dayanand has filed a case with the Venur police in this regard.

Beltangady: Vidyadhar Jain Murder - Three Persons Surrender

Daijiworld News Network - Beltangady (GA)

Beltangady, Aug 31: Three persons accused in the Rayi gram panchayat member Vidyadhar Jain murder are said to have surrendered before the police on Thursday August 31.

The surrendered have been identified as Pradeep, Prashanth and Vitesh. However, police are yet to confirm the news in this regard. Sources said that rest of the accused would surrender by evening on Thursday.

As reported earlier, 8 persons were reported to have involved directly in the murder of Vidyadhar Jain. It is said that all of them had fled to Bangalore after the murder. But back home, the police had planned to raid their houses. After knowing this, the accused said to have planned to surrender.

Accordingly they have arrived at Kokkada via Hassan on Thursday and are trying to surrender before the court with the help of an influential person. In the meantime, the police have seized Hrishekesh Jain's Scorpio vehicle.