Vijayapura, June 29: Wife of an accused in the Gangadhara Chadachana death case committed suicide on Friday by jumping into the Bhima river. The deceased is identified as Kanchana (32), wife of Siddagondappa Mudave.

Kanchana jumped into the barrage of Bhima river near Dhoolakheda in Indi taluk and committed suicide. Accused Siddagondappa surrendered before the police two days ago. On June 27, all the three other accused surrendered before the Indi court and now, they were in CID custody. Depressed over this incident, Kanchana might have committed suicide, police sources said.

Kanchana is the close relative of the first accused in the murder Mahadeva Sahukar Bhyragondana. A case was registered at the Jhalaki police station and investigation is on.

 

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Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.

Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.

Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.

In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.

But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.

For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.

Brief scores:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).

Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).