Kundapur: A suicide has come to light here on 4th February, Sunday where a police constable attached to Kollur police station in the taluk has ended his life by hanging to death at his house.
The deceased has been identified as Nagaraj, a native of Davanagere.
According to sources, Nagaraj was working at Kollur police station since 2015 and had been deputed to Joida station recently. It is learnt that he had returned to Kollur just 2-3 days ago. After his duty on Saturday, Nagaraj had left for the room allotted to him in Sauparnika guest house and when his roommate Sandeep returned after his night shift, he found Nagaraj’s body hanging from the roof.
Upon investigation, it was revealed that the cause for his decision was a love affair between Nagaraj and his batch-mate, Reshma. After hearing about his death, Reshma too tried to kill herself by jumping into a well near Kollur police station on Sunday. Luckily, she was rescued by police personnel and admitted to the government hospital at Kollur.
Reshma told the police that Nagaraj had threatened to end his life if she took a leave of absence but she did not take it seriously as he had posed similar treats even in the past.
A case has been registered at Kollur police station and police are investigating the matter.