Kundapur : In a shocking incident a couple attempted to end their lives by consuming poison in a private bus on Thursday, January 9.

The couple – Rajkumar (35) and Sangeetha (28), residents of Amabalpady in Udupi here had visited Kollur temple with their one-and-a-half-year-old son.

While they were returning home from the temple the duo attempted suicide in the moving bus.

The couple was immediately rushed to Kundapur Government Hospital for preliminary treatment and later to Udupi District Hospital. Their condition is said to be critical.