UDUPI: A college student who allegedly set himself on fire at a private college ground late on Saturday succumbed to burn injuries in the early hours of Sunday. Police who identified the victim as Shrivastava, 20, first year BA student from Badagabettu, said he was under treatment for mental health issues and had skipped classes of the second semester. Police recovered a can of petrol and a lighter from the ground. A case of unnatural death has been registered in Udupi town police station.
Jaguar mows down pedestrian
A pedestrian knocked down by a speeding car at Kirimanjeshwara along NH 66 under Baindoor police station limits succumbed to injuries notwithstanding a move by the driver to shift the injured person in the car to a hospital late on Friday. The incident took place around 8.40pm when Buddivantha Nayari was waiting to cross the road along a bus bay when a Jaguar coming from Kundapur moved to the extreme right and hit Nayari.