Puttur: Youth mistakes rat poison for medicine; Dies
Puttur, Sep.7: A youth from Belthangady who was suffering from hip pain at Puttur railway station and had mistakenly consumed rat poison instead of medicine, breathed his last on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Akshatananda (23) son of Kariya alias Giriyappa from Belthangady.
Akshatananda was taking medicine for hip pain. On Sunday, Sep. 2 he had gone to Puttur railway station where he developed hip pain. It is said that, in a hurry, Akshatananda consumed rat poison mistaking it for medicine.
He was immediately rushed to a local hospital from where he was then shifted to Wenlock hospital in Mangaluru. But on Friday he breathed his last after failing to respond to the treatment.
A case has been filed in Puttur town police station as per the complaint given by deceased's father.
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Intermediate student jumps to death in Andhra Pradesh
Somaladoddi (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 23 (PTI): A 16-year-old boy jumped to death from the third floor of his junior college on Thursday here in Anantapur district, said a police official.
Anantapur Rural sub-divisional police officer T Vekateshulu said the boy just returned to college from Sankranti holidays on Thursday morning and died by suicide at 11:55 am.
"After the holidays, this boy came to the college around 9:30 am on Thursday. While the class was going on, around 11:55 am, he suddenly came out from the classroom and jumped from the third floor," Venkateshulu told PTI.
Immediately, the college management shifted the injured boy to a local hospital where doctors examined him and declared that he was dead. Police said the intermediate student hailed from Ramapuram village of Batthenapalli mandal in Sri Sathyasai District.
The suicide of the boy pursuing intermediate first year at Narayana Junior College was captured on CCTV cameras. The recording shows him rising from his bench and straightaway proceeding to jump from the third floor unperturbed, police said.
Meanwhile, police are taking a complaint from the boy's parents to register a case and investigate further.
AP: Intermediate student jumps to death, CCTV captures incident
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A 16-year-old student died by suicide after jumping from the third floor of his junior college building on Thursday, January 23 in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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