VIJAYAPURA: A shocking incident involving a minor has come to light. A minor girl consumed poison after her father caught her red-handed while in a compromising position with her lover.
Police said after the girl consumed poison, her father forced the boy to consume the remaining poison and thereby killed him. After the youth’s body was traced in Krishna River on Saturday, the mystery behind the boy’s death was revealed. Vijayapura SP HD Anand Kumar told TOI that a kidnap case was registered by the girl’s father and a missing case was filed by the boy’s parents at Tikota police station on Sept 22. “When a minor girl and her lover Mallu Jamkhandi were in a compromising position, the girl’s father had caught them red-handed. As he warned his daughter not to do such things, she immediately consumed pesticide kept in their field and died on the spot,” Kumar said.
“After this, the father tied the hands and legs of Mallu with the help of a relative and had forced him to consume the remaining poison and murdered him. They discarded the bodies in Krishna River near Bilagi, Bagalkot district, on Sept 22,” he added. We have got the boy’s body, search is on for the girl’s body. However, the father and his relative have admitted their offence and we have arrested them, he said. Tikota police are investigating the case with the help of Bilagi police, as the body was found in their jurisdiction.