Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Mar 25: A teenager couple tried to commit suicide in the early hours of Monday March 24 by jumping into the break water at Panambur here. While the girl returned home unharmed, the boy went missing, it is gathered.

Puneeth Kumar (17) from Kulai near here is a student of first PU class of a college in the city. He had fallen in love with a girl student of his class, it is said. Reportedly, he was worried over the fact that he had not done well in one of the subjects in his final examination. It is learnt that Puneeth, who had left home after lunch on Sunday at around 1 pm, has not returned home.

The couple then decided to commit suicide. At around 12.30 am on Monday, they reached the break water at Panambur and jumped into water.  The girl, who returned home safely early morning on Monday, told the police that she returned as she found that she had been alive even after spending two hours in the water.

Upendra Salian, father of Puneeth, has filed a missing complaint in Suratkal station, saying that Puneeth, who is 163 cm tall with wheatish complexion and lean build, has gone missing. The complaint also mentions about the boy’s ongoing love affair with a girl from Koorikatta, Bykampady.

The policemen, on the basis of the girl’s statement, have launched a search for Puneeth with the help of Panambur police, all along the coast.