Karnataka - Bangalore

Couple hang themselves, child survives Crime notes

Bangalore: A couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves on Monday at their house in Saraswathinagar in Bapuji Layout under the Vijayanagar police station limits. The couple, Sudha (26) and Nagesh (37), are survived by their daughter, Monisha (5). The incident came to light on Tuesday morning when Sudha’s father, Veere Gowda, came to their house, and hearing his granddaughter’s wails, broke open the door. Nagesh used to work as a despatch clerk at a factory in Whitefield.

K.V. Sharat Chandra, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said that after Sudha found that Nagesh had hung himself, she reportedly tried to strangle Monisha. Believing her unconscious daughter was dead, Sudha allegedly hanged herself. The couple did not leave behind a suicide note.

Four persons were arrested by the Tavarekere police on Tuesday on charges of dowry harassment. The police said that Ramesh (21), a part-time real estate agent, allegedly doused his wife Meenakshi (19) in kerosene and set her on fire at their home in KSRTC Layout in Madhavanagar.

The police said ever since the couple got married a year ago, Ramesh had been reportedly pestering her for more dowry. Fed up, Meenakshi went to live with her brother in Kamakshipalya. However, Ramesh brought her back on Monday saying he would not harass her anymore.

The police said that Ramesh and his family reportedly picked up a fight with Meenakshi, allegedly set her ablaze and told their neighbours that Meenakshi had committed suicide. Her brother, who suspected foul play, filed a dowry harassment case. The police have arrested Ramesh, his father Shivananjaiah, mother Gowramma and brother Basavaraj.

Three persons were killed in two separate accidents reported in the city on Monday. Two persons on a motorcycle, who were returning from a Christmas party and were on their way to a friend’s house in Kengeri, died on the spot after they hit a median and rammed the compound wall of Shubhodaya Kalyana Mantap, near Amba Bhavani Temple, under the Kamakshipalya traffic police Station limits.

The police gave the names of the victims as Chandrashekhar (25), a vegetable vendor and resident of Shivanagar, and Sundar (25), resident of Rajajinagar and a printing press employee. They said that Chandrashekhar was not wearing a helmet and both were reportedly under the influence of alcohol. A case has been registered.

In another incident, a pedestrian was killed on the spot he was knocked down by a lorry while crossing the road near Vijayalakshmi Layout, under the K.R. Puram traffic police station limits at around 10 p.m. on Monday. The police gave the name of the deceased as Prashanth (20).

Two persons riding a motorcycle assaulted a woman on a morning walk, and robbed her of her gold jewellery at Ramana County, Kottigere Road, coming under Subramanyapura Police Station limits, at around 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The police said that the two miscreants, on the pretext of asking directions, stopped Veena, a private company employee, and hit her with a club. After she lost consciousness, they robbed her off her gold chain, earrings, rings and fled.

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