PU student dies by suicide in Hubballi after securing 71% in PUC results
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Hubballi: An 18-year-old student died by suicide in Siddakalyan Nagar of Unkal in Hubballi, reportedly distressed over her II PUC exam results.
The deceased has been identified as Shravani Maruti Kale, a student of Kanakadasa College in Vidyanagar.
According to reports, Shravani had secured 71% in the Commerce stream in the II PUC exams. She was said to have aimed for a perfect score and was upset that she did not achieve the expected result.
Family members said she was a bright student. Her father works as an auto driver, and she used to stay at her grandparents’ house to focus on her studies. She had set a target of scoring 600 out of 600 and had even expressed this goal publicly.
After the results were announced, she reportedly did not speak to anyone and later took the extreme step, her uncle Maruti said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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Two incidents of betting over IPL cricket matches in Mysuru: Five men arrested
Mysuru: Police have arrested five people in two separate cases where betting for the IPL cricket matches was going on, and have confiscated various equipment used by the arrested men for the illegal activity.
In the first case, Hebbal Police arrested two men who were reportedly found betting during the IPL cricket matches, and have confiscated one laptop and three mobile phones from the arrested men.
The arrested men are identified as Pradeep (39) and Praful (21) of Naidu Nagar.
The police team is learned to have conducted the operation on the third floor of a hotel within the Hebbal Police Station limits on getting information of betting over the IPL matches going on. The gamblers allegedly were getting citizens to invest money online and betting illegally on IPL matches over mobile phones and laptops in order to illegally earning money from them.
Pradeep and Praful were taken into custody by the police who have filed a case and are investigating it.
The second incident occurred near the Town Hall on Thursday, May 7, when Devaraja Police arrested three men who were gambling.
The police have arrested Kumar (33) of Mandimohalla, PV Vinod (32) of Ilava and Likhith Kumar (27) of Paduvarahalli.
The three men were reportedly carrying out their criminal activity inside a car parked behind the Town Hall on Thursday, in order to earn money from the IPL tournament through a mobile phone. They were also found to have gotten citizens to invest money online and off-line in the cricket matches.
They were found and arrested by policemen who were on beat in the area near the Town Hall. In addition, one car, Rs 15,900 in cash and three mobile phones were seized from them.
A case has been registered by the Devaraja Police officers, who are investigating the case.
