Udupi: Couple commit suicide at Nejar; reasons not known yet

Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 12 Nov 2013: A couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the well which was located 500 metres away from their house on Tuesday, November 12. The deceased were identified as  Ratnakar (55) and his wife Padmavati (45) from Nejar near Santhekatte in Udupi.

 

The couple were daily wage workers and had two children Sunil and Sunitha whose marriage was fixed in the month of January next year.

 

On realizing that the couple had gone missing the family launched a search and finally found footwear and a shawl was found near the well. When they saw inside the well the bodies of the couple were found.

 

The family informed the Police and Fire Personnel. The bodies were retrieved later by the fire brigade officials. Reasons for the suicide is not known yet. Malpe Police have registered a case.