Bhatkal: In a tragic incident, a 22-year old man on Tuesday evening committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in Bhatkal here. According to the reports the 22-year old was financially troubled due to the Corona lockdown.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Mustaqeem Shaikh, a resident of Azad Nagar in Bhatkal. Reports added Mustaqeem was an aluminium worker and used to depend on his daily earning to support his family. However he was unable to go to work and earn due to the nationwide lockdown due to the spread of corona virus.

According to the sources, Mustaqeem was involved in some verbal altercation with family members and he took the extreme step out of frustration on Tuesday evening. He reportedly hanged himself to the ceiling fan in his room.

Officials of Bhatkal Town Police Station rushed to the spot after being informed about the incident and later shifted the body to Bhatkal Taluka Government Hospital for post-mortem.

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Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday expressed confidence in the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual harassment case against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna and asserted that there was no need to hand it over to CBI.

Hitting out at the opposition parties, he claimed that the BJP (when it was in power in the State) had never assigned even a single case to CBI and that there was a time when the outfit used to refer to CBI as ‘Corruption Bureau of Investigation’. Former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda used to call CBI as 'Chor Bachao Institution’ and now they love CBI? he told reporters here.

On JD(S) second-in-command and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s demand to hand over the case to CBI, Siddaramaiah said, “There is no need to hand over the case to the CBI. I have confidence and trust in our police (SIT). They will conduct an investigation in accordance with law.”

The CM cited some cases referred to the CBI during the previous Congress rule in the State and asked: "but was anyone punished in these cases?"

“Our government does not interfere in legal proceedings and investigations. They (SIT) are conducting the inquiry in the right manner. Not now, nor in the past, have I instructed any police officers to do something beyond or against the law. However, there is no need for a CBI probe. Our police should be trusted,” he said.

As per the law, the SIT has been constituted. “I have trust in our police officers. They will find out the truth,” he added.

The Chief Minister made it clear that neither he nor Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar are involved in the investigation of the case.

Responding to allegations of "political interference" in JD(S) MLA H D Revanna's arrest in a kidnapping case, he asked: "If there is no truth in the allegation against him, why did he seek anticipatory bail? Why was the bail application rejected by the Court?"