Hubballi: Husband dies by suicide, alleges harassment by wife in death note
Hubballi: A 40-year-old man from Chamundeshwari Nagar in Hubballi died by suicide, leaving behind a note alleging harassment by his wife. The incident came to light on Sunday, and the police confirmed it on Monday.
The deceased, identified as Petaru Gollapalli, was employed with a private firm but lost his job three months ago. He had been married for two years but had separated from his wife within three months of their marriage due to frequent disputes. The wife had also filed for divorce, seeking ₹20 lakh as alimony.
The victim's brother, Eeshayya, told reporters that the suicide occurred on Sunday when the family had gone to church. He added, "In his note, my brother blamed his wife for his death, saying, 'Daddy, forgive me. My wife has been tormenting me and wanted me dead.'"
Eeshayya further alleged that the wife’s brother had assaulted the victim, and a police complaint regarding the same had been filed earlier. "We want justice for my brother. She should be arrested, and no one else should suffer like this," he said.
Based on Eeshayya’s complaint, the police have registered a case against the wife under s. 108 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita or abetment to suicide.
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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.
