14-year-old boy in Arakalagud residential school allegedly commits suicide in hostel
Arakalagud: Apparently stressed due to family insistence on attending school, a 14-year-old boy is said to have committed suicide by hanging himself at the hostel he was staying in here, recently.
The boy has been identified as Mohammad Kaif, a Class 9 student at the Minorities’ Residential School situated near the Salumarada Thimmakka Park in Arakalagud taluk.
It is also reported that Kaif was uninterested in attending school. Pressured by the seniors in the family, however, Kaif’s brother is said to have dropped the boy to school in the afternoon. Depressed over the family pressure, the teenager committed suicide.
Local police officers have registered a case, investigation is on, the sources added.
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Biker injured, leopard dies in road accident near forest area in Shivamogga
Shivamogga: A leopard was killed after being hit by a motorcycle near Mandagadde in Thirthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district.
According to reports, the biker was travelling from Shivamogga towards Thirthahalli when the leopard suddenly came onto the road from a nearby forest area near Mandagadde. The rider is said to have lost control of the bike and crashed into the animal.
The leopard suffered severe injuries in the impact and died on the spot. The biker also fell onto the road along with the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to a hospital in Shivamogga for further treatment.
After receiving information about the incident, forest department officials, including Gajanur RFO Vinay Kumar, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
