Another high school girl found dead in hostel room; kin suspect murder

August 5, 2017

Kalaburgi, Aug 5: Close on the heels of the unnatural death of a Class 10 girl in the hostel room of Alva’s High School in Moodbidri, a 16-year-old girl studying at Morarji Desai Residential School on the outskirts of Jewargi town in Kalaburagi district, ended her life by hanging from a double-stack metal bed in her hostel room in the early hours of Saturday.

She has been identified as Priyanka Mandrawad, resident of Shanti Nagar in Jewargi town and a Class 10 student. A suicide note purportedly written by the girl stating “I am going to kill myself by jumping into the well and don’t try to search me”, was recovered from the scene.

Her room-mates said that Priyanka was in a normal mood last night before going to bed. The hostel warden stated that she had last spoken to Priyanka at midnight.

Her parents and friends claimed that Priyanka’s handwriting does not match that of the death note. Her friends have ruled out any academic problems as according to them, her performance has been good.

The police have registered a case of unnatural death and are waiting for the post-mortem report.

Family members of the deceased along with residents of Shanti Nagar staged a protest outside the taluk hospital, alleging foul play in her death and demanded an investigation into the case.
 

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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