Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala

Karkala, Oct 10: In a tragic incident, a young man reportedly ended his life by hanging himself in a lodge after allegedly being blackmailed by his own friends, who threatened to leak a private video of him with his girlfriend. The incident occurred on Thursday evening, October 9, at a private lodge in Belman.

The deceased has been identified as Abhishek Acharya (23), a resident of Parappady in Nitte village. Abhishek was employed at a private company in Mangaluru and was reportedly in a relationship with a local woman. Their relationship had progressed to physical intimacy, and the two had allegedly recorded a private video together.

According to available information, Abhishek’s friends came to know about the relationship and allegedly threatened to make the private video viral. Distressed by continuous mental harassment and humiliation, Abhishek reportedly wrote a death note mentioning the names of four individuals who had been blackmailing him before ending his life by hanging in the lodge room.

Karkala Rural police visited the scene, seized the death note and his mobile phone, and sent the body for post-mortem examination. Police said the exact reason behind the suicide would be known only after retrieving data from Abhishek’s mobile phone.