Mulky: In a tragic incident a 10-year old school girl on Wednesday committed suicide by hanging herself at her grandparents’ house in Kamaaje near Mooru Kaveri in Mulki.

The deceased girl has been identified as Dhruvi (10), a fifth grade student at St. Mary’s English Medium School in Kinnigoli.

On Wednesday, Dhruvi’s school had declared holiday in the wake of feast at a local church. To mark the holiday, Dhruvi visited her grandparents’ house. Her grandmother insisted Dhruvi to study when she was watching TV and had a power cut.

Dhruvi reportedly went into the room to study and did not come out for long even after the power supply was restored. When her grandmother checked into the room, Dhruvi was found hanging from a window. Dhruvi hanged herself with the ribbon of her hair.

A case has been registered at Mulky Police Station and investigations are underway.

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Bengaluru: A special court for people’s representatives has sentenced Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of BJP leader Yogish Goudar.

The verdict was delivered by judge Santhosh Gajanana Bhat. The court had earlier, on Wednesday, held all 17 accused guilty of murdering Goudar, while reserving the quantum of punishment.

On Friday, the court pronounced the sentence, awarding life imprisonment to all the convicted persons in the case.

Yogish Goudar, a BJP member from the Hebballi Zilla Panchayat constituency in Dharwad district, was murdered in 2016.