Daijiword Media Network – Mandya (SP)

Mandya, Aug 23: Two close friends, who could not imagine getting separated after they get married, jumped together into a canal of Krishnaraja Sagar dam near Srirangapatna in the district and ended their lives together. The incident occurred at Majjigepura village in Srirangapatna taluk on Friday August 22.

The close friends who bid farewell to the world in unison have been identified as Pavitra (22) from Hombegowdanadoddi in Ramanagara taluk, and Jayanti (22) from Kachahalli in Channapatna taluk. These two friends had been classmates right from eighth standard to final year Bcom degree course.

In the recent past, family members of Jayanti had fixed her marriage. Although Jayanti had steadfastly opposed getting married before Pavitra, the family members had overlooked her objections. Her engagement was to be held within a few days. The friends who met, could not stand the agony of getting separated through marriage. They therefore, tied their hands with their veils together and jumped into the canal hand in hand, and drowned.

In a death note left behind, the friends said that they had often come across cases of committing of suicide by lovers. Informing the family members that they had decided to give up their lives together to make their friendship eternal, they requested the concerned to conduct their funerals together.

A case stands registered in K R police station Mysore relating to this incident. The policemen are investigating the case further.