Udupi: Udupi SP Hariram Shankar Monday issued a clarification amid a social media trial, following the alleged suicide of a man in the toilet of the govt district hospital in Ajjarkad Friday. Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide, with Manipal inspector Mahesh Prasad leading the investigation.
An FIR was registered against Poojary on Nov 10, 2025, following the woman’s complaint that he waylaid her while she was riding a scooter and threatened to kill her if she refused to enter into a relationship with him. Police have identified around 150 social media profiles allegedly involved in sharing the photographs or targeting her online.
Police also obtained an audio recording from the scene in which Poojary allegedly says he had met the woman with the intention of killing her, the SP said. Expressing concern over the online targeting of the woman, Shankar said circulating her private photographs was illegal and deeply distressing. He was subsequently arrested. Police subsequently filed a chargesheet in the case. The woman’s mother later summoned relatives, around eight of whom allegedly assaulted Poojary. Police shifted him to hospital, following which he lodged a complaint. Legal action is being initiated against those responsible.