Date:02/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/02/stories/2008120259470400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Couple survive suicide pact, daughter dies Crime notes

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: A couple survived a suicide attempt while their eight-year-old daughter died of poisoning at their house near Krupanidhi College in Madiwala on Monday.

Police said Ashok, Jayabala and their daughter, Trisha, were found lying on the bed in a critical condition by a relative who had come by for lunch.

The three were taken to St. John’s Hospital where Trisha died. The condition of Ashok, who runs a small scale industry in Whitefield, and Jayabala, a lecturer, is precarious.

The Madiwala police are yet to find the motive for the suicide attempt. The police are waiting for Ashok’s parents to arrive from Coimbatore.

Killed

A 50-year-old musician from Mysore died when he fell from a Mysore-bound train here. The police said Mahadev, a tabla player, was returning after performing in Shimoga.

He had alighted from the train which arrived from Shimoga and was rushing towards the Cauvery Express which had already started to move. He threw his instruments inside and tried to jump in, only to slip and fall.

Seenappa (40), a plumber, died on the spot when his motorcycle was hit by a lorry on Hoskote-Kadugodi Road on Monday.

The lorry driver fled from the scene.

The Whitefield police have registered a case.

Venkatesh (16), a 10th standard student, drowned in rain water that had accumulated in a stone quarry in Vishwanathapura in Bangalore Rural district on Monday.

Venkatesh along with his three friends had gone there on Sunday to give his dog a bath. After bathing the dog, he and his friends decided to take a swim, with fatal consequences.

The Vishwanathapura police have registered a case.