Mysuru: A 26-year-old doctoral student allegedly ended his life after his tractor accidentally knocked down a five-year-old boy in Gundlupet from the Chamarajanagar district on Thursday.
Police said students took extreme steps in Mysuru after rushing the boy to the hospital in his village.
Police sources said Sunil, a research scholar in journalism in his village because of the kuncian, went to his friend’s house in Mysuru and took poison in a few hours due to an accident.
Sunil and boy boy, who are hard, related and both families come from Savakanahalli village in Gundlupet Taluk, about 80 km from Mysuru.
Begur’s jurisdiction police said the accident occurred around 9:40 a.m.
when Sunil and two of his friends flattened a piece of land with three tractors so they could play games like cricket or soccer.
Sunil tractors reportedly knocked down Harsha, who watched the land prepared along with several friends.
Harsha suffered a sad head injury and Sunil drove the boy to a local hospital where he was declared dead.
The source said Sunil took a bus to Mysuru and took his life in the afternoon, said a police officer, added that the incident was revealed at around 3:45 a.m.
Harsha survived the parents of Muddu Mahadeva and Nagamani, and a nine-year-old brother.
Sunil’s father is also a farmer.