mangalore today

Kundapur : Man who poisoned and killed his 2 children gets death sentence


Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Jan 19, 2019:  The Additional District and Sessions Court of Kundapur has sentenced to death a 48 year old man named Shankernarayana Hebbar of Byndoor who had  poisoned his wife and children and then attempted suicide.


If the two children had died, his  wife and he had survived.

Shankernarayan...The fateful incident had taken place on October 16, 2016.  On this day Hebbar had poisoned his wife Mahalakshmi and children Ashwin Kumar Hebbar (15) and Aishwarya Lakshmi Hebbar (13) and then  attempted suicide.


The two children   had succumbed while both  Shankeranarayana and his wife had survived.

A death note which the man had written revealed that a love failure had driven him to such a drastic step.


It  was learnt that Shankernarayana  who had deserted his wife and kids was staying with his lover. However when she too ditched him he  had poisoned his wife and children out of frustration.


The court had convicted him on January 3, while the quantum of punishment was announced today.