Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Mar 11: Frustrated by mounting debt, a person, who was running a hotel in Alankaru downtown, ended his life on Friday March 9 by consuming poison and then jumping into the river.
The victim, Shashidhar Gowda (40), son of Nadthila the late Dharnappa Gowda from Alankaru village, was operating a hotel in Alankaru since the last some months. Ever since he closed down his hotel five days back due to losses, he had been staying at home.
On the basis of report filed by Kusuma, wife of the deceased, a case of unnatural death was registered in Kadaba police station.
Merchants from Alankaru closed down their shops and establishments for an hour in honour of Shashidhar Gowda.