Santosh Savadatti, one of the accused in the Zilla Panchayat member Yogeeshgouda Goudar murder case, allegedly tried to end his life by slitting his throat at his house here in the early hours of Wednesday.
Santosh’s family members, who noticed him bleeding, immediately shifted him to a private hospital where he is being treated.
The CBI, which is probing the ZP member Yogeeshgouda murder case, had arrested Santosh and had filed a charge-sheet against him and six others on May 20, 2020.
Santosh was named accused No 1 in the charge-sheet. He is out on bail, and Wednesday’s attempt is said to be his second bid to end his life.
However, Santosh family members claimed that he was brought to the hospital after he sustained injuries in a fall.