25-yr-old youngster in Davanagere allegedly commits suicide after losing Rs 18 lakh in online games
Davanagere: A youngster in the city allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after reportedly losing around Rs 18 lakh in online games and incurring heavy debts to repay the dues.
Shashikumar (25), a resident of Saraswathi Nagar, had invested money while playing the games online and lost nearly Rs 18 lakh. He was depressed as he had been forced him to borrow money to pay the amount.
The youngster, who has written a six-page death note, has said that the app showed that he had won up to Rs 19,25,21,722 but, when he contacted the gaming website personnel, he was told that the money was not sent to him.
“I had invested lakhs of rupees on the game and, while the website personnel ensured that I paid them the money when I lost a game, they did not pay me when I won. A complaint has also been filed in the matter with the Vidyanagar Police,” Shashikumar has said in the death note.
His death note includes a two-page request to the chief minister, deputy chief minister and chief justice of the high court asking for a ban on online games. He has asked MP Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun to raise the issue in Parliament.
A case has been filed in KTG Nagar Police Station. Investigation is underway.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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Why assume that they came from Pakistan: Chidambaram's remark on Pahalgam attackers sparks political
New Delhi: A political storm has erupted after senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram questioned the Union government’s narrative surrounding the Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent Operation Sindoor.
In an interview with The Quint, Chidambaram questioned the assumption that the attackers were from Pakistan, arguing that the government has not shared sufficient information to support that claim. He suggested that the assailants could be homegrown, questioning the lack of evidence linking them to Pakistan.
"Have they identified the terrorists? Where they came from? I mean, for all we know, they could be homegrown terrorists. Why do you assume that they came from Pakistan? There's no evidence of that," he had said in the interview.
Highlighting the scattered nature of updates, Chidambaram pointed out that key information was being shared by different officers in various locations, rather than through a comprehensive statement from senior government officials like the Prime Minister or the Defence Minister.
Meanwhile, the saffron party has reacted sharply to his comments, accusing the Congress of undermining national security and echoing Pakistan’s narrative. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya posted on X, “Once again, the Congress rushes to give a clean chit to Pakistan, this time after the Pahalgam terror attack. Why is it that every time our forces confront Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Congress leaders sound more like Islamabad's defence lawyers than India's opposition?"
However, Chidambaram referred to the criticism as a "deliberate misinformation campaign" and mentioned that his comments were being misrepresented by selectively muting and clipping portions of his interview. “Trolls are of different kinds and use different tools to spread misinformation. The worst kind is a troll who suppresses the full recorded interview, takes two sentences, mutes some words, and paints the speaker in a black colour!” he wrote on X.
