Madikeri: A man gunned down a teacher before shooting himself on Friday morning in front of a police station in Balele.

The murdered teacher has been identified as Asha Kaveramma (53), a teacher of Kalatmudu Lions High School and wife of Adengada Dinesh Chengappa. Jagadish, 67, a resident of Ponnampete village, is the person who committed the suicide.

Balele college student Dinesh (17) and Pemmu (45) also suffered injuries when they were hit by a bullet while attempting to rescue their teacher. They have been admitted to Veerajpet Taluk Hospital.

Details of the incident

Asha Kaveramma was waiting to board a bus to reach to the school at around 8.15 am and on the main road. At this point, the accused shot at her. Dinesh, a student, and local resident Pemmu rushed t rescue her.

Meanwhile, the accused shot again, which hit to the hands and thigh of Dines and Pemmu. However, they are out of danger now.

Later, accused Jagadish's dead body was found in a nearby farm, which is located around 25 meters from the spot. The exact reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained.

Superintendent of police Dr. Suman Pannekar visited the spot and launched the investigation.  

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Shimla, Nov 30: After finding itself in soup over a CID enquiry on "missing samosas", the Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus.

A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5.

In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.

Talking to reporters on Friday, HRTC Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said a routine complaint was received from a customer after which a fact finding enquiry was initiated. The enquiry was closed as the allegations were found baseless.

However, the wording of the explanation sought could have been better and the officers have been verbally conveyed to improve in the coming times, he added.

The defamatory words were allegedly used in a debate being played in the audio clip.

Reacting sharply to the letter, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, said the government should appoint marshals to stop audios being played in buses.

"Such decisions of the government are damaging the reputation of the state government as well as the state," he added.

Earlier, the state CID department had ordered an internal enquiry on the samosas which were brought for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a function and by mistake were served to the his security staff. A senior police official had termed the faux pas as an anti-CID and ant-Government act.