Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Mar 26: The mortal remains of Puneeth Kumar (17) from Kulai, a first PU student in Narayana Guru PU College in the city, who had jumped into the Arabian Sea at the break water in Panambur, were found from the edge of break water on Tuesday March 25.
The police have been told that Puneeth used to threaten a girl of his class, with whom he was in love, of committing suicide if she did not give him company on certain occasions. She reportedly accompanied him at times, for the fear that he might execute his threat. Likewise, under pressure from the boy, the girl had reached Panambur beach on the evening of March 23.
“He was afraid that he will fail in the final examinations, and will have to study in the same class for another year. Puneeth could not accept the probability that he would remain in the same class, while I will move ahead to the next class,” the girl is said to have told the police.
After the boy put pressure on her to accept to his proposal to commit suicide together, the girl agreed, and both of them jumped into the break water after abandoning their footwear near the port. The girl said she was not willing to lose her life, and hence saved herself by clinging on to a rock, and coming back home, weeping.
Panambur assistant commissioner of police, Ravikumar, said that investigation will be conducted under the provisions of law as applicable to minors, as the girl is a minor. Suratkal station house officer, M A Nataraj, who had registered the case, has transferred files to Panambur police station, as the incident occurred under its jurisdiction.