Young techie kills wife for oversharing on social media, hangs himself

January 20, 2017

Pune, Jan 20: Furious over a social media post, a techie in Pune allegedly strangled his wife and then hung himself at their home on Tuesday.

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Rakesh Gangurde, 34, left a suicide note in which he reportedly said he was upset with his wife Sonali for sharing too much about their lives on social media.

Rakesh and 28-year-old Sonali had been married for four years and didn't have children. They allegedly fought frequently over Sonali's social media posts.

"As per the purported suicide note left by Rakesh, he was not happy with Sonali, who used to discuss details of family planning and other marital details with her friends on social media and that prompted him to take the drastic step," a police officer told the Press Trust of India.

Sonali's brothers found their bodies on Wednesday night when he came for a visit. Her mother had called her from Nashik but had grown worried when there was no response. She then called her sons and asked them to check on their sister.

The brothers went to the apartment and found it locked from inside. Alarmed, they called the police, who broke open the door. They found Rakesh hanging from a nylon rope and Sonali lying on the bed, the police officer said.

Rakesh, a science graduate as well as an MBA, was employed with a private firm.

He allegedly resigned a few days back and was about to start a new one. Sonali Gangurde, a computer engineer, had stopped working a few months ago, the police say.

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abdul aziz s.a.
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Saturday, 21 Jan 2017

SAD, why it happens more now a days, life is important , God had created us to be patience and follow life easily

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June 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 9: A 24-year-old who wanted to experience the feeling of death lost his life after consuming pesticide — he recorded it all on TikTok — in Koratagere taluk of Tumakuru district on Saturday evening.

Chided by his mother for not earning money, Dhananjaya, a resident of Gouraganahalli, on Saturday evening bought pesticide from a shop and shot a 15-second TikTok video, saying, “I want to experience the feeling of what death would be like. I will try to kill myself.”

Locals rushed Dhananjaya to a nearby hospital where he breathed his last the next morning. Koratagere police registered a case of unnatural death.

According to police, Dhananjaya had in the past rammed his Bajaj Pulsar bike into a tree to ‘experience’ death but had survived with minor injuries. Villagers and family members had advised him to not to take such risks. But he continued to do so as he was obsessed with death and posted his opinion regularly on TikTok, where he had 431 followers.

He tied the knot four months ago and was running an autorickshaw on rent. However, his earnings reduced to zero during the lockdown and he wasn’t mentally stable, claimed villagers.

Investigators said Dhananjaya wanted to scare his mother with his suicide threat and wanted to ‘experience’ death. He consumed poison near a farm but later panicked thinking he would die. However, he was not in a position to ride back home. He called his friend, who visited the spot and shifted him to hospital on Saturday night, police said.

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March 25,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: The state government on Tuesday published names and addresses of 14,000 people who have been placed under home quarantine, on its website.  

A district wise break up of the home quarantine patients was also provided.  

Notably, the number of coronavirus cases has risen to 41 in the state.

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June 5,2020

Madikeri, Jun 5: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R Ashok said a Rs 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for 'Relief Centre' in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape.

According to an official release here on Friday, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly built houses to flood victims in Jambur in Somwarpet on Thursday evening.

He said that whenever the 'Relief Centre' is vacant it will be used for government meetings.

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