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DHARMAPURI: A 23-year-old man committed suicide by hanging on Friday after a college lecturer scolded him while he was spending time with his girlfriend. Kin of the deceased protested outside the lecturer's house at Bedarahalli village near Indur in Dharmapuri district on the same night, demanding action against the lecturer.

The deceased was S Navin, 23, of Makkanur village. He was a B.Sc graduate. He had a relationship with a third year BA student. On Friday, Navin went to his girlfriend's college to meet her. While both were talking on the college premises, guest lecturer Gopi, 35, confronted them. A police said Gopi grabbed Navin's mobile phone and threw it on the ground. Navin came back home depressed, and committed suicide by hanging in the evening.

