Kalaburagi: A student addicted to online gambling allegedly ended his life in the city on Thursday after taking hefty loans for it and being unable to repay them. Somanath Chidri, 23, a resident of Donagapur village in Bhalki taluk of Bidar district, was studying in the final year BSc in a city college. Somanath reportedly became addicted to online gambling and lost more than Rs 80 lakh. He borrowed some of the money at interest rates between 4% and 10%. Fed up with the harassment from loan sharks, he allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a tree near Veerashaiva Hostel, said police sources. Kalaburagi city police commissioner Sharanappa SD revealed that Somnath’s parents reported a loss ranging from Rs 70 lakh to Rs 80…
