Raichur: Three minor boys from the same village in Lingasugur taluk of Raichur district have gone missing after they left home and failed to return, according to local police.

The missing boys have been identified as Manjunath Parasappa Byagi (14), Rohit Gaddeppa Bhajantri (14), and Prajwal Gaddeppa (16), all residents of Karadkal village. The boys reportedly left their homes around 7 PM on June 6, telling their families they would return shortly, but have not been seen since.

Despite extensive searches in Karadkal and surrounding areas, the families have been unable to locate them. The boys’ parents filed a missing persons complaint at the Lingasugur Town Police Station on June 9.

Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter.

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Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.

Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.

The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.

According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.

Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.

Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.

The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.

There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.

The rescue operations are ongoing.