Mysuru: Two teenaged kids were left orphaned after their father succumbed to COVID-19 eleven days after their mother had succumbed to the deadly virus.

The incident was reported from Gangotri locality in the city. 

Both their parents had tested positive for the virus about a month ago and were in home isolation before their mother's health deteriorated and was hospitalised.

The woman identified as K Sushma (37), a guest lecturer in a government PU College had succumbed to the virus on May 16. 

11 days after her death, the husband D Prasanna(44) also succumbed to the virus leaving both their 12 and 14 year old kids orphaned

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Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.

The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.

According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.

Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.

Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.

After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.