Gangadharappa, hailing from Kabbala in Hosadurga taluk in Chitradurga district, was sitting alone in front of a portrait of Baba in the room and suddenly slit his throat.
When Gangadharappa’s family members saw him bleeding profusely, they rushed him to the City Central Hospital in Davangere. A surgery was performed on him and he is said to be recovering.
(Published 26 April 2011, 18:36 IST)