Moodbidri, July 25: A lady committed suicide by hanging herself at her house after her elder brother scolded her at Kellaputtige in Daregudde in the taluk on Wednesday.

The deceased is identified as Seema (24), daughter of Karunakara Poojary of Murumarnadu. Seema was living with her elder brother in rented house at Daregudde. As a bus driver from Naravi has given a mobile phone to his sister, Santosh who came to know this issue, took the driver into task and warned against speaking to his sister. Later, the driver called her and informed the development. He also asked her to throw the mobile into the well if she doesn't want it and he would not speak to her again, it is said.

After Santosh had been to his work, his wife has gone to drop children to the school. At this moment, Seema hanged herself and the incident came to light after her sister-in-law came home. Moodbidri police registered a case.

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Kalaburagi: Members of the Kalyana Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya Horata Samiti, who staged a protest in the city on Friday morning demanding a separate state, were taken into custody by the police.

The members of the committee, led by President MS Patil Naribola, protested at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Circle in the city. The office-bearers hoisted a red flag as a part of the protest and shouted a slogan stating their demand for a new state named ‘Kalyana Karnataka’.

The city police intervened and took into custody Naribola and Laxmikanth Sadhvi, among other leaders of the movement.

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