MANGALURU: A 30-year-old woman allegedly killed her 6-month-old son before taking her own life in Raichur district late Saturday night after she was informed about her husband’s death in Mangaluru less than two hours earlier.
Mangaluru City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said Gangadhar B Kammara, 36, a driver attached to the fire and emergency services, was killed on the spot after he was hit by an SUV when he was crossing NH-66 at Kuntikana, Mangaluru, around 8.50pm on Saturday.
The SUV was coming from Bengaluru to Kundapur. A case was filed at the Mangaluru East Traffic Police and his family was informed about the accident.
Sources said his wife Shruthi, who was staying in her brother’s house in Lingasugur taluk of Raichur district, received the news of her death with shock. She allegedly strangulated her son Abhiram with a saree and reportedly ended her life died hanging herself around 10pm. tnn