Davanagere: A youth, who tried to die by suicide by consuming poison after killing a young woman in a brutal manner after she refused to marry her, died on Friday December 23.
The deceased has been identified as Sadat, a native of Harihara, who had murdered the girl and consumed poison.
On Thursday December 22 Sadat stabbed a young woman named Chand Sultana to death on Church Road and fled. He then attempted suicide by consuming poison. He was admitted to a private hospital
He died on Friday December 23.