Kannada TV actress Soujanya dies by suicide

A budding TV actress on Thursday allegedly died by suicide in her apartment at Doddabele near Kumbalgodu on the city outskirts, police said.

Soujanya, 25, who had acted in a couple of serials and films like 'Chaukattu Fun' and 'Nanobbne Olleyavnu", hung herself from the ceiling fan in her room, they said.

She has left behind a four-page suicide note expressing "sorry" for taking the extreme step.

The woman wrote that the health issues were "killing" her and her mental state was not good.

"I had promised I will never do such stupid thing in my life but I had no option. I was totally killed inside. Day by day I was going so low," the actress, who hailed from Kushalnagar in Kodagu district, said in the note.