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Surathkal beach dispute, Somanath Putran suicide case handed over to CID
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The decision comes amid widespread public outrage over the incident, which began with a dispute over car parking at Hosabettu beach and ended with 48-year-old Somanath dying by suicide at his residence after leaving behind a death note.
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Surathkal beach dispute, Somanath Putran suicide case handed over to CID
Mangaluru: The government has transferred all three cases linked to the controversial Hosabettu beach incident in Surathkal and the subsequent suicide of Somanath Putran to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy has said.
The decision comes amid widespread public outrage over the incident, which began with a dispute over car parking at Hosabettu beach and ended with 48-year-old Somanath dying by suicide at his residence after leaving behind a death note. Following his death, residents staged a protest outside the Surathkal police station, placing his body in front of the station. They alleged that harassment by a young woman who had lodged a complaint and her male friend had driven Somanath to take the extreme step.
The three cases transferred to the CID include the complaint registered against Somanath and others over an alleged altercation with the woman and her friend near the Hosabettu fishing jetty on the night of October 25. The second case relates to Somanath’s unnatural death on the morning of October 27, when he was found dead at his house after reportedly leaving behind a death note.
The third case concerns a complaint filed by his wife, Saritha, alleging that the woman and her friend threatened her husband with false criminal charges, humiliation and imprisonment, thereby abetting his suicide. According to Saritha’s complaint, Somanath was deeply distressed when he spo Surathkal beach dispute, Somanath Putran suicide case handed over to CID ke to her on the morning of October 26 about the previous night’s incident. He reportedly told her that the woman had threatened to use her alleged influence with the Police Commissioner against him during the parking dispute.
Saritha further alleged that after police took Somanath and his friends to the station, the woman threatened to file a case and send them to jail. She also claimed that her husband was humiliated at the station. Somanath died by suicide the following morning.
The government has handed over the cases to the CID to ensure an impartial investigation into the allegations, the police response and the circumstances surrounding his death.
