Kollegal, March 19 -- 27-year-old Masana Shetty of Madhuvanahalli in Kollegal taluk commits suicide by holding on to a high-tension electric line; weeping mother watches the whole incident, along with villagers

A youth, dejected over not getting married, ended his life by clinging on to a high-tension electric line at Madhuvanahalli in Kollegal taluk yesterday.

The hapless mother of the youth, made every bid to dissuade her son, along with the fellow villagers, but the latter chose to end his life, leaving his family members in a pall of gloom.

Masana Shetty (27), son of Siddarajamma of Madhuvanahalli, is the deceased youth. No sooner he held the electric cable in his hand, he suffered electrocution and charged to death, with his body ...