<p>Valentine’s Day turned tragic for three lovers, including a woman, in Karnataka Tuesday as they opted to commit suicide at the altar of cupid.<br /><br /></p>.<p>College student Yallappa, 25, and his beloved Bharti, 22, opted to die by jumping in front of a moving train near Gulbarga, about 650 km from here. Their parents were opposed to their marriage on caste considerations.<br /><br />“As the two lovers belonged to different castes, opposition from their parents forced them to take such an extreme step on a day like this,” Gulbarga Deputy Superintendent of Police Shivannagouda Patil told IANS by phone.<br /><br />Their mutilated bodies were found on the rail tracks between Gulbarga and Babla local stations, with a suicide note in local language (Kannada) that they were ending their lives as their parents were opposed to their alliance.<br /><br />"They were studying in a Gulbarga college while their parents lived in a nearby village,” Patil said.<br /><br />Subenshu Laskar, 19, jumped to death from the top of a five-storey hostel building in south Bangalore early Tuesday after his girl friend declined to give consent to marry him on Valentine’s Day.<br /><br />“Laskar, hailing from Kolkata, was a student of Oxford College studying in first year degree course. According to his friends in the hostel, Laskar appeared dejected after a long conversation with his girl friend (name withheld) late Monday,” said J.P. Nagar police station inspector V.S. Agadi.<br /><br />Valentine’s Day passed off peacefully in major towns and cities across the state barring a clash between groups favouring and opposing the celebrations on the lovers’ day at Mysore, about 150 km from here.<br /><br />"Activists of Jai Karnataka clashed with the pro-Hindu group Sri Ram Sene members opposing youngsters celebrating the event in public places and college campuses. We separated the pro-and-anti groups and dispersed them to prevent any law and order problem in the city," a police official told reporters at Mysore.</p>
<p>Valentine’s Day turned tragic for three lovers, including a woman, in Karnataka Tuesday as they opted to commit suicide at the altar of cupid.<br /><br /></p>.<p>College student Yallappa, 25, and his beloved Bharti, 22, opted to die by jumping in front of a moving train near Gulbarga, about 650 km from here. Their parents were opposed to their marriage on caste considerations.<br /><br />“As the two lovers belonged to different castes, opposition from their parents forced them to take such an extreme step on a day like this,” Gulbarga Deputy Superintendent of Police Shivannagouda Patil told IANS by phone.<br /><br />Their mutilated bodies were found on the rail tracks between Gulbarga and Babla local stations, with a suicide note in local language (Kannada) that they were ending their lives as their parents were opposed to their alliance.<br /><br />"They were studying in a Gulbarga college while their parents lived in a nearby village,” Patil said.<br /><br />Subenshu Laskar, 19, jumped to death from the top of a five-storey hostel building in south Bangalore early Tuesday after his girl friend declined to give consent to marry him on Valentine’s Day.<br /><br />“Laskar, hailing from Kolkata, was a student of Oxford College studying in first year degree course. According to his friends in the hostel, Laskar appeared dejected after a long conversation with his girl friend (name withheld) late Monday,” said J.P. Nagar police station inspector V.S. Agadi.<br /><br />Valentine’s Day passed off peacefully in major towns and cities across the state barring a clash between groups favouring and opposing the celebrations on the lovers’ day at Mysore, about 150 km from here.<br /><br />"Activists of Jai Karnataka clashed with the pro-Hindu group Sri Ram Sene members opposing youngsters celebrating the event in public places and college campuses. We separated the pro-and-anti groups and dispersed them to prevent any law and order problem in the city," a police official told reporters at Mysore.</p>