Karnataka: Man Kills Daughter Over Affair, Lover Ends Life By Jumping In Front Of Train

Both the incidents took place at Bodagurki village in Bangapet Taluk on Tuesday. The father of the girl has been arrested.

Upset over the death of the girl, her 24-year-old lover allegedly died by suicide.

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New Delhi: A man allegedly strangled his 20-year-old daughter to death for being in love with a youth from a different caste in Kolar district of Karnataka, news agency PTI reported. Upset over her death, her 24-year-old lover allegedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a train, police said. Both the incidents took place at Bodagurki village in Bangapet Taluk on Tuesday. The father of the girl has been arrested.

According to a report by NDTV, Krishnamurti, a resident of Bangarpet in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), used to have frequent fights with his daughter Kirti as she wanted to marry her lover Gangadhar, who belonged to a different caste. 

On Tuesday morning, Krishnamurti tried to convince Kirti to end her relationship with Gangadhar, and this led to a fight between the father and daughter, a police official said.

The fight escalated and Krishnamurti strangled Kirti to death, and hung her body from a fan to pass off the killing as a suicide, police said.

Gangadhar, who works as a mason, found out about his lover’s death and distraught over the incident, went to the railway tracks and jumped in front of a train, dying on the spot. 

"Krishnamurti has been arrested for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code." NDTV quoted KGF Superintendent of Police K Dharni Devi as saying.

In another incident, a man in Karnataka shot himself to death at the top of a hillock in Ubaradka in Dakshina Kannada district, PTI reported.

The deceased has been identified as Ravi, who was working at a household in Belrampady of Ubaradka. Ravi walked up the hillock in Belrampady on Tuesday night and allegedly shot himself in the head, police said.

Preliminary probe shows it is a case of suicide, police said, adding that the reason for the extreme step is yet to be ascertained.