Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)
Udupi, Oct 13: Prasanna Shetty (45), a native of Kondadi in Hiriyadka, Udupi taluk, died by suicide at a lodge in Theerthahalli on Friday.
Prasanna, an entrepreneur based in Bengaluru, had checked into the lodge three days earlier. When the hotel staff received no response from his room, they broke open the door and found him hanging from the ceiling fan with a saree.
It was revealed that Prasanna had brought his wife’s saree from Bengaluru, indicating that the act was premeditated. He left behind a six-page suicide note detailing the reasons for his decision, including certain names and business-related matters, according to police sources. Prasanna was involved in running a hotel, bakery, and finance businesses in Bengaluru.
His last rites were conducted at his ancestral home in Kondadi. Prasanna is survived by his wife, a two-year-old daughter, his parents, and a brother.
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