Karnataka Father Kills Young Daughter, Dies by Suicide After Wife’s Alleged Elopement

Overview

• Police in Mulbagal, Kolar district, found the child’s body in an abandoned car near a government pre-university college and discovered the father’s body nearby under a tree.
• Lokesh had reported his wife missing on November 4 after she left a note saying she would not return and asked him not to search for her, police said.
• An FIR led to registration under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for abetment of suicide, based on a complaint by Lokesh’s father, Venkataramappa.
• Mulbagal rural police have summoned the wife, Navyashri, and a man identified as Murali for questioning as part of the ongoing probe.
• Preliminary findings indicate the father killed his daughter before taking his own life, with further forensic analysis and statements pending.