Karnataka Minister Shivanand Patil has said some farmers' leaders and associations are reporting deaths of peasants as suicide in order to claim more compensation.
"He attempted to murder his elder daughter first. But she and the other two daughters ran out of the house. He went after them and attempted to slit their throats," police said.
A 34-year-old man was found hanging while the bodies of his three children were found on a bed of their house in a village here on Saturday morning, police said.
Suicide is a major cause of the 817 unnatural deaths reported in jails across the country between 2017 and 2021, the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has told the apex court
Disturbed over a prolonged land dispute with his neighbour, a man allegedly committed suicide by setting himself afire in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
It was decided in the meeting that to reduce the mental stress and anxiety of the coaching students, KOCA, i.e., Kota Carnival activity will be organised.