Koppa (Chikkamagaluru): In a saddening incident,a student studying in BGS residential school in town allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday.

Srinivas (15), is a 9th standard student committed suicide by hanging himself in the school hostel at night while other students were sleeping. The reason for the suicide is not yet known.

According to sources, the 15-year-old is a son of a government official working in a Revenue Department.

Koppa police have registered a case in this regard and are further investigating the matter

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Nagpur (PTI): A 25-year-old man died of electrocution while he was attempting to steal wires from a transformer in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in the Jamtha area late on Sunday night, an official said.

Ankush Rajendra Patel, a resident of Shramik Nagar slum in Parsodi, was stuck on the transformer, and his charred body was discovered on Monday morning, the official said.

Patel had decided to steal oil and wires from the transformer in Mauli Nagar. He climbed the transformer thinking the power had been cut off and got electrocuted, he said.

The official said the deceased was a history sheeter, with several theft cases against him at Hingna and Beltarodi police stations. He was involved in stealing oil, wires, and iron from transformers.