Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (SP)
Mysuru, Jul 25: Firmly believing that drowning in a holy river would rid them of their sins and help them to attain salvation, an aged couple jumped into River Kapila. In this incident which happened near Nanjangudu in the district, the wife survived while her husband lost his life.
The incident happened on Tuesday July 24.
Nagaraju (70) and his wife, Kalavathi (60), residents of Hebbal, Bengaluru, wanted to die together without waiting to suffer from ill health, and seal their places in their life after death by jumping into a holy river. They came together to Nanjangudu and jumped into River Kapila. While Nagaraju died, Kalavathi survived. She is being treated in the government hospital at Nanjangudu.
A case about this incident was registered in Nanjangudu police station.