Overview
- Police in Tumakuru district say Shivanna, 40, a village temple priest, allegedly killed his two young sons at their home in Alakere and then died by suicide.
- Officers found the three bodies inside the house after neighbors raised concern, and they sent them for post-mortem examination.
- Superintendent of Police Ashok K V said early findings indicate the children were smothered and the father hanged himself.
- Police registered a murder case over the children’s deaths and opened a separate case of abetment to suicide naming his wife, Kavya, and a man identified as Hemanth.
- Investigators are probing reports of marital discord, including the wife leaving home despite earlier counseling, while outlets differ on the boys’ ages.