JOIN USA debt-ridden man poisoned his four-year-old daughter to death and later attempted suicide at Srirangapatna on Sunday.
The police said Satish (34), a tailor from Ramasamudra village, Chamarajanagar, poisoned his daughter Bhavana and later consumed some pesticide on a rock in the middle of the River Cauvery near GB Gate here.
While Bhavana died on the spot, a severely indisposed Satish was rushed to a local hospital. Passersby, who admitted him a in a hospital, also alerted the police.
As his condition was critical, he was shifted to KR Hospital in Mysore and he is battling for his life.
He had come to his in-laws’ house in Mysore on Saturday and had left their home around 5 am on Sunday.
The police said that Satish, who was earlier into shares business, had incurred heavy losses and had borrowed loans. Srirangapatna police have registered a case.