4 drowning fishermen of Malpe boat rescued
Incident occurs near Bhatkal's Netrani
Malpe: Coastal unit of Bhatkal police rescued four fishermen who were drowning after their fishing boat met with an accident in the middle of the sea on Sunday evening.
At about two nautical miles south of the island of Netrani, in the limits of Bhatkal police coastal unit,a fishing boat, Shrileela, had started to sink when a diesel tank kept on the top of the boat accidentally fell down damaging the lower portion of the boat. Following which, water started entering into the boat.
Malpe coastal unit received this information through the relatives of the onboard fishermen. Then a team of Bhatkal coastal unit police, under the guidance of Malpe coastal unit's SP R. Chetan launched an emergency operation and rescued the drowning fishermen.
Fishermen Anand Moger, Guru Kharvi, Manjunath, Ramesh Chalavadi have been successfully rescued.
Bhatkal coastal unit Inspector Nagaraj, Sub Inspector Annappamogera, Technical Staff Captain Mallappamudigoudar and Kalasi Sanjeeva Nayaka participated in the operation. Appreciating their efforts, SP Chetan has announced that the team will be rewarded with the appropriate awards.
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Two killed as college tour bus crashes into parked tanker, lorry near Maravanthe
Kundapur: Two persons died and several students were injured after a college tour bus rammed into a tanker and a goods lorry parked by the roadside near Maravanthe Beach in Trasi on Wednesday afternoon.
The bus was carrying final-year B.Com students of Rambhapuri College from Shivamogga district. According to sources, the group had left for the tour two days ago.
There were around 50 persons in the bus, including 24 male students and 23 female students.
The students had visited Murdeshwar and were travelling towards Udupi on Wednesday when the accident occurred.
Police said the bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, following which the bus first hit a parked gas tanker and then crashed into a goods lorry stationed ahead.
The front portion of the bus was badly mangled in the impact. Preliminary information said the bus cleaner and a cooking assistant travelling with the group died in the accident. Several injured students were shifted to different hospitals in Kundapur for treatment.
