Mangaluru, Jul 22: A 51-year-old seer from Mangaluru taluk in Dakshina Kannada district allegedly died by suicide at his ashram on Friday, police said.
The seer, identified as Sri Krishna Devi Prasad, allegedly hanged himself in his room in the ashram.
Prasad was a hotelier in Mumbai before he embraced asceticism, sources said, adding that he was married and survived by his daughter.
He is suspected to have ended his life after performing a pooja on Friday.
A case of unnatural death has been registered at Bajpe police station. The seer's body was sent for post-mortem, sources said.
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Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom.
Trump said the suspect was armed with multiple weapons before stopped by Secret Service. One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest.
“He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun, and the vest did the job,” Trump said.
