The couple have been identified as Poovappa Gowda (60) and his wife Padmavathi (55), both residents of Kanchana. Police said the couple committed suicide by consuming poison mixed with honey in their plantation.
It is said that Poovappa was constructing a new house and had obtained a loan of Rs 20 lakh. As he could not repay the loan as the lenders were repeatedly asking him to repay the money, the couple might have taken the extreme step, said the couple’s son Shivarama Gowda in a statement given to the Uppinangady police.
Stolen
A sum of Rs 6.90 lakh has been stolen from a house at Kundaje in Ramakunja in Uppinangady police station limits in the wee hours of Thursday. The money was said to be kept in a suitcase in the house. He had sold his house for Rs 46 lakh just a week ago, he said in the complaint.
Published 20 January 2011, 18:45 IST