Daijiworld Media Network – Davangere (SP)
Davangere, Dec 13: Four persons of a single family committed suicide by allowing themselves to be crushed by a moving train late night here on Sunday December 11. The youngest family member escaped the ordeal with injuries. Loss in business is said to be the cause for this tragedy.
Koogappa (40), his wife, Padma (35), children, Jyoti (15), and Kusuma (9), committed suicide. Their mutilated bodies were found lying on the railway tracks near APMC here on Monday. Vinay (6), son of Koogappa, who moved aside at the last minute, survived with some injuries.
The family had its home in S M Krishna Nagar here. Vinay, who got fearful of the roaring sound of the train as it moved very near, jumped aside at the last moment. A local, Dada Peer, who saw the injured boy, admitted Vinay into Bapuji Children’s Hospital here. Vinay is in intensive care unit of the hospital, and is out of danger, the doctors said.