Karnataka: Three of family consume poison, end life

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Three members of a family allegedly ended life by consuming pills laced with poison in Shidlaghatta of Chikkaballapur district.

The deceased are Sriramappa (69), his wife Saroja (55) and their son Manoj (25).

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According to the police, the couple could not bear developments after their daughter eloped with a man from a different community in the town. The couple’s daughter had an affair for the last few years and finally eloped.

A note, left behind by the victims, held the daughter as responsible for the deaths.

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