Hospital authorities keep 24-hour watch to ensure lawyer does not reattempt suicide. He tried to kill himself earlier, after stabbing his lover.

Advocate Rajappa keeps doctors, police on edge

Hospital authorities keep 24-hour watch to ensure lawyer does not reattempt suicide. He tried to kill himself earlier, after stabbing his lover.

Police personnel and doctors at Victoria hospital are keeping a 24-hour watch for fear that advocate
SL Rajappa, who attempted to end his life after killing Naveena JS, a lawyer like him, on July 8, might attempt suicide again.

Besides keeping a 24-hour watch, hospital authorities are taking special care to prevent any attempt on life by Rajappa, who was recently shifted from Mallya Hospital.

"This has prompted police and hospital authorities to be more cautious and check any untoward incident."

Victoria hospital staffers who were on tenterhooks when former minister Halappa, who had to quit following a sex scandal involving his friend's wife came to light, are on the edge again since Rajappa's admission.

"He is being watched round the clock," said the source. "Besides two policemen, whou00a0 constantly stand on watch, the hospital staff has been monitoring his situation round the clock."

Doctors at the hospital said Rajappa's situation continues to be critical.

"He is in the ICU and continues to be on ventilators. His condition is critical. He can't speak properly and is still on fluids," explained Dr B G Tilak, medical superintendent, Victoria hospital.

The source at the hospital said, "When Rajappa was in Mallya Hospital, he came to his senses and began shouting abnormally. He displayed suicidal tendencies.

The doctors immediately gave him sedatives and put him to sleep."

The police are yet to start preliminary examination into the case. The cops are waiting for a go ahead from hospital authorities.

Police officers investigating the case said they did not want to comment on the subject. "He continues to be on ventilators in the ICU and he is recovering slowly.

We are waiting for a green signal from the doctors to record his statement," said Vidhan Soudha Inspector Ashok.

July 8
The date on which Rajappau00a0 murdered lawyer Naveena JS who turned down his proposal for marriage

Failed love story

Advocate SL Rajappa's last-ditch efforts to win over Naveena JS (24), his ladylove and victim, by threatening to consume poison from a bottle of rum in his hand reportedly did not move her.

It was her lack of response that, bystanders who witnessed the incident, said, provoked murderous rage in Rajappa, who stabbed her to death in the high court premises on July 8.

Rajappa and Naveena studied in a law college in Kolar, an hour's drive from Bangalore. Rajappa is understood to have developed feelings for Naveena. It is, however, not clear if Naveena reciprocated his interest.

She, is believed to have made it clear to him that she could not marry him.
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"We think it is a tragic love story that ended in a murder and attempt to suicide," said Shankar Mahadeva Bidri, city police commissioner. "He kept proposing to her and got upset when she did not respond positively."

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