Bantwal: Claiming to be depressed over a failed relationship, Sachin, a 24-year-old youngster allegedly hanged himself to death at Mittakodi near Kamaje in B Mooda village near Bantwal town late Thursday night.

The deceased youngster, who was a resident of Nelligudde in Kadeshvalya village, worked as an electrician in an electrical company in Bantwal. On Wednesday, as Sachin did not return from work even at night, his family was worried. After searching all through the night, they found his body on a hillock near Kamaje, and his scooter parked nearby.

A suicide note was found in his pocket, where Sachin had written that he had decided to commit suicide as he had failed in matters of the heart.

Bantwal Town Police have registered a case; Inspector Ananthapadmanabha and station officer Ramakrishna also visited the spot for investigation.

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Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.

"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.

"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.

Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.

An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.