Goldsmith ends life outside women’s police station

A 50-year-old goldsmith, Nataraj Achar, was found dead outside the women's police station near B.M. Road in Ramanagara on Saturday evening. The police believe he took his own life by consuming cyanide after a family dispute. Nataraj was married to Deepa, and they had a teenage son. Family disagreements had led to Deepa seeking help at the women's police station in Ramanagara and Holenarasipura in Hassan district.

Deepa had been staying with her grandmother in Holenarasipura for two months, visiting Ramanagara to meet her son on Saturday. When Nataraj learned she was coming, they argued again near a school. Deepa and her son went to the women's police station at 4:45 p.m. to file another complaint, but Nataraj followed them and threatened suicide if she filed a report.

He consumed cyanide and died soon after. Nataraj had recently opened a small jewelry shop near M.G. Road in Ramanagara. The police have registered a case.