Udupi: A Hyundai i10 car belonging to Santosh Patil who committed suicide earlier today at a lodge in Udupi, was found near the lodge hours after his body was found in the hotel room.

According to the reports, the car registration belongs to the Bengaluru South district and Santosh reportedly arrived in Udupi along with his friends in this car.

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An entrance pass to Vidhan Soudha has also been found in the car. Police sources also added that Santosh and his friends had bought clothes, footwear, and food before their journey.

Santosh was found dead in a hotel room on Tuesday morning, and a death note was recovered from the room wherein he had blamed Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa for his death. He had earlier written a letter to PM Modi complaining about alleged harassment by the Minister and his agents who were seeking a commission to clear his bills of completed road construction work. He had added that he was under pressure from his lenders and that he will be left with no options but to commit suicide if PM Modi doesn't intervene in the matter and help him.

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Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.

The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.

“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.

“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.

Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.

A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.

An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.