Gundlupet: Depressed over harassment by husband young woman commits suicide with two daughters
Chamarajnagar: In a heartbreaking incident a 24-year-old woman named Megha, residing in Bommanahalli village of Terakanambi hobli in Gundlupet taluk, allegedly took her own life and the lives of her two young daughters late Thursday night.
The victims have been identified as Megha and her two daughters, Punvitha (6) and Manvitha (3). Preliminary investigations suggest that Megha, who was believed to be under severe mental stress due to alleged harassment by her husband, Dhananjaya, and her in-laws, may have resorted to this extreme step.
The family of the deceased woman has accused her in-laws of subjecting her to prolonged harassment, dating back to eight years ago when Megha and Dhananjaya were married. A video clip found on Megha's mobile phone reveals a disturbing altercation that occurred within her household throughout the day leading up to the tragic incident on Thursday.
The local authorities have taken custody of her phone, which contains the video clip as potential evidence in the case.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
