Channarayapatna: In an incident reported from Heerisave hobli in the taluk, a mother-son duo living in Kabbali village allegedly committed suicide by drowning in the village pond on Monday.
The deceased are identified as Jayanthi (60) and her son Bharat (35). While a death note by Bharat has been found, depression due to family fights is suspected to be the reason for the suicide.
Bharat had married Geetha of Bagooranahalli in Gandasi hobli eight months ago, but there had been frequent clashes between the couple. Following a recent fight with her husband, Geetha had left for her paternal home and had returned to her husband’s house after two rounds of third party mediation.
The fights between Bharat and Geetha reportedly continued in spite of the mediation, which is learned to have frustrated Bharat and his mother Jayanthi and driven them to end their lives.
The neighbours who found the death note went to the banks of the ponds and found the footwear of Bharat and Jayanthi. The local fire brigade personnel were called and they retrieved the bodies of the deceased from the waters of the pond.
A CCTV camera installed outside a house in the village is learned to have captured the last minutes of the mother-son duo. Jayanthi and Bharat are seen in the footage of the camera visiting the village temple at around 3.15 am on Monday and then walking towards the pond.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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New Delhi(PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday criticised the government’s move to ban online money gaming, warning that such a step would only push the industry underground and strengthen criminal networks.
He also said he had not studied the three Constitution amendment bills seeking to provide a framework for the removal of prime ministers, Union ministers, chief ministers and state ministers detained on serious criminal charges in any detail.
“On the face of it, it is difficult to say it has any problem, but obviously if anyone does something wrong they should not be a minister anyway. I don’t know if there is any other motive,” he remarked.
Discussing the bill seeking to prohibit and regulate online gaming introduced in the Lok Sabha, he said, "I had written a very long article on the argument that by banning online gaming we are simply driving it underground, whereas it could be a useful source of revenue for the government if we legalise it, regulate it and tax it."
He added that many countries have studied the issue in detail and concluded that regulation and taxation can generate funds for social causes, while bans merely enrich “criminal mafias”.
In a post on X, Tharoor recalled that he had “gone on record in 2018 urging the government to legalise, regulate and tax online gaming, rather than drive it underground by banning it, which will merely enhance the profits of the mafia”.
“It’s a pity that the government seems to have derived no lessons from the experience of other countries that have considered this issue,” he wrote.
He added that the bill should at least have been referred to a parliamentary committee “to consider all the pros and cons before rushing it into law”.
The proposed bill prohibits online money gaming and its advertisements, prescribing imprisonment or fines, or both, for violators. It differentiates such games from eSports and online social games, while calling for their promotion.
1/2 I went on record in 2018 urging the government to legalise, regulate and tax online gaming, rather than drive it underground by banning it, which will merely enhance the profits of the mafia. https://t.co/KYi2aTxDQQ
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 20, 2025