Raichur: 'Mentally ill' student claims of being forced into terror activities; police calls it false claims

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ I. Zaorez Shabab Gadag 17 Dec 2017: Sharanappa Nagaraj, a resident of Kanasavi in Lingsugur taluk of Raichur district and an engineering student of Vidyavikasa Engineering College, Mysuru on Friday tried to kill himself by consuming poison at  Gajendragad bus stand in Gadag district. He was rushed to the Government hospital by the Bus depot staff and was later shifted to Kumareshwar Hospital at Bagalkot for further treatment. During the investigations, police recovered a letter from the spot in which Sharanappa had claimed that he was being forced into terror activities by his fellow students at the college. He had named those students as Ismail and Rafiq of Mysuru. He also claimed the duo were teaching him how to make bombs and were also injecting something into his body. When contacted, Mysuru Police Commissioner Dr S Subrahmanyeshwar Rai, said there is no threat or presence of terrorist organizations or individuals in the city and that no such activities have come into their notice, he also assured media that his team is very vigilante and if there was something in this connection they would have cracked it lot earlier. Bagalkot superintendent of police, C B Rishvanth, personally paid a visit to the hospital and questioned Sharanappa. Later speaking to media he said, his brother informed him that Sharanappa was going through some mental issues and that it looked like false claims to the police team who are investigating the case. A team of police also visited the college campus where Sharanappa studies and gather information about him, college authorities also informed the police about Sharanappa's absence during the examination which was scheduled for Dec 11.