Mother-son duo in Channarayapatna allegedly commits suicide by drowning; death note of son found
Channarayapatna: In an incident reported from Heerisave hobli in the taluk, a mother-son duo living in Kabbali village allegedly committed suicide by drowning in the village pond on Monday.
The deceased are identified as Jayanthi (60) and her son Bharat (35). While a death note by Bharat has been found, depression due to family fights is suspected to be the reason for the suicide.
Bharat had married Geetha of Bagooranahalli in Gandasi hobli eight months ago, but there had been frequent clashes between the couple. Following a recent fight with her husband, Geetha had left for her paternal home and had returned to her husband’s house after two rounds of third party mediation.
The fights between Bharat and Geetha reportedly continued in spite of the mediation, which is learned to have frustrated Bharat and his mother Jayanthi and driven them to end their lives.
The neighbours who found the death note went to the banks of the ponds and found the footwear of Bharat and Jayanthi. The local fire brigade personnel were called and they retrieved the bodies of the deceased from the waters of the pond.
A CCTV camera installed outside a house in the village is learned to have captured the last minutes of the mother-son duo. Jayanthi and Bharat are seen in the footage of the camera visiting the village temple at around 3.15 am on Monday and then walking towards the pond.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
