A boy and a girl, said to be in love for the last one year, ended their lives by consuming poison near Kalaburagi on Wednesday. The boy and the girl were from neighbouring villages in Chittapur taluk of the district.
As per information made available, the boy was studying in an Industrial Training Institute in Yadgir and the girl was studying in Class 8. The boy called his mother and told her that he and the girl were going to commit suicide and requested her not to look for them.
Immediately after she received the call, the woman informed the villagers who then launched a search for the boy and the girl and finally found them near Yallamma Devi Temple near Chowkandi Tanda in Chittapur taluk of the district.