Mangaluru man commits suicide in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: In a tragic incident, a 35-year-old techie allegedly suffocated himself to death inside his car.

The deceased is identified as Kartik Shetty, a resident of Frazer Town and hailing from Mangaluru.

Kartik as working as a software engineer with a company in Manyatha Tech Park, had got married four years ago and had a two-year-old son.

As per the sources, Kartik on Thursday noon and told his wife that he was going to the office but he drove the car to an isolated area in Bagalur police station limits and parkedit there and poured petrol on himself and tried to set himself ablaze. As the doors and widows had remained closed for a long time the fire did not last. Shetty, however, died due to suffocation caused by the smoke.

However, the incident came to light on Friday after passersby informed police about the car.

The police after receiving the news rushed to the spot, broke open the car window and pulled out the body. There were burn marks on the body.

The police are awaiting postmortem report.