Young techie kills self after girlfriend ditches him for his roommate

May 21, 2017

Bengaluru, May 21: A young software engineer from Haliyal in Uttara Kannada has committed suicide by hanging at his friend's house at Hebbal in Bengaluru two days ago due to depression after his girlfriend broke up with him.

The police have booked the victim’s girlfriend and her fresh boyfriend on charges of abetment and are yet to arrest them.

Sunil Kumar (28) was living with his brother Sathish Kumar and another roommate Vinay in Shakambarinagar in JP Nagar.

According to the police, Sunil Kumar, who had come to Bengaluru around four years ago, was working at Oracle in Whitefield and was in love with his colleague Vinmaya, who was in her early twenties.

Vinmaya was a native of Kolkata and lived at a paying guest accommodation near her office. Sunil and Vinmaya were in love for the past six months, the police said.

Recently, their relationship began to sour after she returned from Kolkata. Sunil gradually started to notice that Vinmaya had taken a liking for his room-mate Vinay, a native of Kolar. His suspicions were confirmed when Vinay vacated Sunil’s house, the police said.

On Thursday, Sunil and Vinmaya met at a common friend Veeresh’s house in Anandgiri Extension in Hebbal to sort out their differences. Talks failed resulting in Vinmaya breaking up with Sunil. The following day, Sunil decided to stay at Veeresh’s house while the latter left for work. When Veeresh returned from work at 7.30 pm, he knocked at the door and there was no response.

He then peeped through the window and saw Sunil hanging from the ceiling fan. Veeresh informed both the police and Sunil’s brother Sathish. The police recovered a death note where Sunil held Vinmaya and Vinay responsible for his death.

He also mentioned in the note that there was evidence and information on a pen-drive, which the police are searching for.

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The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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