Court awards death sentence to father who was guilty of poisoning two children
Kundapur additional sessions court's significant judgment
Kundapur: The Kundapur additional sessions court has awarded the death penalty for a father who was found guilty in the death of two children by poisoning them at Ganganadu near Byndoor.
The court sentenced Shankaranarayana Hebbar (49) to death.
On October 16, 2016; he had attempted to commit suicide after giving poison to his children and wife. Consequently, the children, Ashwin Kumar Hebbar (15) and Aishwarya Hebbar (13) died. While his wife Mahalakshmi managed to save her life.
During investigations, the police recovered a 21-page note purportedly written by Shankaranarayana in which he admitted to administering the poison. The note highlights Shankaranayarana’s relationship with a woman and that he was depressed when the woman had married someone else.
The then Byndoor police circle inspector, Raghav Padil, had filed the charge sheet. 17 of 43 witnesses were inquired. The accused and his wife were the eyewitness in this case.
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Karnataka govt to spend Rs 2,500 cr to upgrade 500 government schools
Bengaluru, Nov 28: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to upgrade 500 government schools as Karnataka Public Schools at an outlay of Rs 2,500 crore in four years.
For the purpose, the state government would borrow Rs 2,000 crore from the Asian Development Bank and contribute Rs 500 crore.
This project will be taken up from July 2025 to June 2029.
According to the Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, there are 308 Karnataka Public Schools functioning in 204 Taluks of the state.
