Before Death By Suicide, Couple Called Cops, Said Covid Anxiety Was High: Report

COVID-19 Karnataka: The couple sent a voice message to the Mangaluru police commissioner N Shashi Kumar on Monday that they are ending their lives as they cannot bear the anxiety created by news about the disease in the media.

A 40-year-old-man and his wife ended their lives apparently worried over symptoms of COVID-19 in Karnataka's Mangaluru, police sources said today. The couple have been identified as Ramesh and Guna R Suvarna, residents of an apartment in the city. Sources told news agency Press Trust of India that the two had been showing symptoms of COVID-19 for the last few days. The couple sent a voice message to the Mangaluru police commissioner N Shashi Kumar on Monday that they are ending their lives as they cannot bear the anxiety created by news about the disease in the media.