Yellapur: A 30-year-old youth committed suicide consuming pesticide at Hunasageri under Kiravatti Gram Panchayat limits on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Sahadev Nagendra Hampalkar. Sahadev had left home for rearing cattle on Tuesday. Later, he had consumed pesticide.
Learning about the incident, family members rushed him to Yellapur taluk hospital, where he was given primary treatment. Later, he was taken to KIMS, Hubballi where , he breathed his last failing to respond to treatment.