Udupi: A 68-year-old Ex-Navy employee allegedly stabbed himself to death at his Ford car in Manipal.

The victim has been identified as Lakshmindra Nagar resident Valivera Luis. The Ex-serviceman took this extreme step near his relative’s home at Manipal late on last night. But the incident came to light this afternoon.

“Luis stabbed in his abdomen with a knife. While a death note has been recovered from the spot, it read “I am responsible for my death,” Manipal police informed.

Udupi District Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbaragi, senior police officials visited the spot and carried out the investigation.

Manipal police have registered a case regarding this.



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Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.

The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.

The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.

In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.

The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.