Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)
Karkala, Jul 20: Sudarshan Shetty (29), son of Naganna Shetty, a resident of Mudar in Kanyanabettu village near here, and his wife, Swapnasri (21), daughter of Krishna Shetty from Nalkanda in Kandoor village of Beltangady taluk, committed suicide on Sunday July 19 morning, by consuming poison. The two had married two months back.
The couple had entered wedlock on May 14 this year. The family members, who realized what had happened, made arrangements immediately to take them to hospital. But they breathed their last before they could be medically attended to, the policemen said.
It is gathered that Sudarshan, who ran a small hotel opposite the court building in Karkala, had contracted AIDS. The couple decided to commit suicide after becoming aware of this fact, it is said. A case has been registered in Karkala rural police station in this regard.