Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 11: The youth from Kurnadu Hoovinakopla who left his motorbike on Netravati bridge at Ullal and went missing, and later found at Shivamogga and was brought back to the city by his friends, confessed that he has been facing deep financial crisis and hence had decided to commit suicide. He said he changed his mind at the last minute.
Praveen (28), working as salesman for an optical centre in the city, said that after working in the centre, he had left at 7:30 pm. After reaching Thokkottu Kallapu, he had turned his motor bike backwards, left the bike with ignition key on Netravati bridge and went away. After people in other vehicles saw the orphaned bike, they had informed the police. The police then contacted Praveen's family thereafter.
Search for Praveen had begun immediately after the family came to know that Praveen had left behind a towel and helmet too along with the bike and his mobile phone was not found. Divers failed to find his body in the river. Praveen reached Shivamogga and called his friend on Wednesday morning, asking him to inform his family that he was safe. He later contacted the police and explained about the circumstances under which he had left the bike here. The police contacted Doddapete police at Shivamogga and asked them to take Paveen into custody. His family members and friends went to Shivamogga and brought him back.