Woman dies by suicide in Mysuru after struggling with microfinance loan repayment
Mysuru: A 53-year-old woman from Ambale village in Nanjangud taluk allegedly died by suicide on Sunday afternoon, reportedly unable to cope with the financial pressure of repaying a loan taken from microfinance companies. The deceased, identified as Jayasheela, is said to have consumed insecticide and succumbed while being rushed to the hospital.
According to sources, Jayasheela had borrowed Rs 5 lakh from IIFL and Five Star microfinance agencies to purchase a cow, construct a house, and support agricultural activities. She was repaying the loan through monthly installments of Rs 20,000. However, the death of the cow—one of her key sources of income—left her in severe financial distress.
Faced with mounting pressure, Jayasheela reportedly consumed tablets used as insecticide in cornfields on Sunday afternoon in an apparent suicide attempt. Family members immediately rushed her to the hospital, but she passed away on the way.
Nanjangud Rural Sub-Inspector Ram Kumar visited her residence and conducted an inspection. He informed that the post-mortem examination was carried out at Nanjangud Public Hospital, following which the body was handed over to her relatives on Monday.
A case has been registered at the Nanjangud Rural Police Station, and further investigation is underway.
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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.
