Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur
Kundapur, Dec 18: A woman committed suicide by jumping into a well near her house here on Monday December 17 night.
The deceased has been identified as Jyoti Sherigar (30), wife of Laxman Sherigar of Margoli near Basrur.
It is said that on Monday night at around 9.15 Jyoti had dinner with her two young children Meghana and Karthik. However, after dinner she went missing.
Her father-in-law who noticed that she was missing began a search and alerted the neighbours. As soon as it was found that she had jumped into the well, the locals called the fire brigade and the body was taken out.
Jyoti's husband Laxman is an employee with the railway department at Suratkal. Jyoti was staying with her two children and her father-in-law Gopal Sherigar. While daughter Meghana is in the 4th standard in a Kundapur English medium school, son Karthik goes to a local anganwadi.
The reason behind the suicide is not yet known.