Davangere: In a horrific crime that has come to light in Guttidurga village Jagaluru Taluk here, a father killed his two-year-old daughter before burying her into the field.

The deceased infant has been identified as Sirisha (2), while the accused father has been identified as Ningappa.

According to the reports Ningappa had two sons from his first wife and got married to another woman Sasikala of Guttidurga and had one daughter from the second wife.

He later confessed to the police that he brought the daughter to his native about two months back and buried her in the field after killing her 15 days ago.

Reports further added that Sasikala and Ningappa were married two years ago after falling in love with each other and were living in Chitradurga. Trouble started between the couple when Sasikala was pregnant and Ningappa insisted on aborting the child and the couple started having heated arguments frequently.

Recently, Ningappa went to Chitradurga and brought his daughter to Guddidurga. Two days later when Sasikala asked him to bring the daughter back to her, he informed that the infant died of cold while returning on the bike. Sasikala along with her family then lodged a complaint at Chitradurga Police Station against Ningappa after which the murder of the infant has come to light.

Police have arrested Ningappa and also recovered the body of Sirisha from the field where she was buried.

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Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.

According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.

He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.

Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.

He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.

His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.

The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.

The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.

Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.