<p>A 20-year-old girl was brutally murdered by a jilted lover, who later ended his life by hanging, at Siddapura-Kogaravalli village in Sakleshpur taluk, Hassan district, on Thursday afternoon.</p>.<p>The deceased is Sushmitha and the youth who hanged self is Hemanth (22), both hailing from the same village.</p>.<p>According to sources, Hemanth chased and attacked Sushmitha with a machette, severing her head, when she was walking on the road at around 12.45 pm along with some other girls.</p>.<p>After knowing about the incident, the villagers started searching for Hemanth. Meanwhile, Hemanth reportedly tried to end his life by jumping into a lake, but was saved by Sushmitha's relative, unaware of the developments and murder.</p>.<p>Later, Hemanth, who remained elusive till evening, was found hanging to a tree, behind his house at around 4.30 pm. Dy SP B R Gopi, Rural PSI Chandrashekar and staff visited the spot and registered a case. </p>
<p>A 20-year-old girl was brutally murdered by a jilted lover, who later ended his life by hanging, at Siddapura-Kogaravalli village in Sakleshpur taluk, Hassan district, on Thursday afternoon.</p>.<p>The deceased is Sushmitha and the youth who hanged self is Hemanth (22), both hailing from the same village.</p>.<p>According to sources, Hemanth chased and attacked Sushmitha with a machette, severing her head, when she was walking on the road at around 12.45 pm along with some other girls.</p>.<p>After knowing about the incident, the villagers started searching for Hemanth. Meanwhile, Hemanth reportedly tried to end his life by jumping into a lake, but was saved by Sushmitha's relative, unaware of the developments and murder.</p>.<p>Later, Hemanth, who remained elusive till evening, was found hanging to a tree, behind his house at around 4.30 pm. Dy SP B R Gopi, Rural PSI Chandrashekar and staff visited the spot and registered a case. </p>
