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Fed up father kills son, commits suicide Crime notes

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BANGALORE: A businessman allegedly murdered his 21-year-old son, a BBM student who had taken to drinking and gambling, and later committed suicide at his house in D Block, 2nd Stage, Rajajinagar, on Wednesday.

The police said that for the past few months Ananthakrishna (51) was upset with his son Abhishek as he returned home drunk every day and frequently quarrelled with his neighbours. Besides, Abhishek, a second year BBM student of Seshadripuram College, was into gambling.

On Wednesday night, Ananthakrishna advised his son to give up his bad habits and concentrate on his studies. When an inebriated Abhishek started quarrelling with his father, his uncles living next door intervened and pacified him.

Later, around 10.30 p.m., Ananthakrishna came to Abhishek’s room on the first floor of their house and stabbed him with a knife. Abhishek, who sustained 20 stab wounds, died on the spot, the police said.

Subsequently, Ananthakrishna committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in the room. The police said he had left a seven-page note stating that he had high hopes about his son but he did not live up to his expectations. He had requested his family to bury his body next to that of his first wife.

According to the police, Ananthakrishna’s wife Meena died six years ago. Later, he married Parvathi and she was taking good care of Abhishek. Ananthakrishna, son of a retired police officer, owned a rice shop in Rajajinagar. The Subramanyanagar police have registered a case.

Three drown

Two elderly men drowned in a quarry pit near Yelahanka in Chikkajala police station limits on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday evening.

The police said the two workers from Sonnapanahalli had been to a quarry pit near Bettadalasoor to wash clothes. After one of them slipped into the pit, the other tried to rescue him and both drowned. The police gave their names as Muniyappa (65) and Venkateshappa (55).

In another incident, 13-year-old Mahesh drowned at another quarry pit at Kadiganahalli in the same vicinity on Tuesday evening. He was son of Saravana, a worker, the police said. The Fire and Emergency Services personnel on Thursday removed the three bodies from the pits. The Chikkajala police have registered a case.

Suicide

A young doctor committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Indiranagar police station limits on Wednesday evening.

The police gave her name as Manjula (29). She was living with her parents at 6th C Main, 2nd Stage, Indiranagar.

She was working in a private hospital in Cambridge Layout. Manjula’s husband Dhanikachalam is a doctor in Puducherry.

The police said they were yet to ascertain the reason behind the suicide. In another incident, D.K. Shoba (28), mother of two, committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Srigandhadakaval in Rajagopalanagar police station limits on Wednesday night.

She was the wife of Shiva Kumar, a worker. .

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