Bantwal: A passenger from Belgavi who was traveling in a bus died of cardiac arrest on Bantwal highway on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Manjunath Bhat (75) of Athani.

He was traveling in KSRTC bus from Mysuru to Mangaluru when the incident happened. It is suspected that he might have died due to heart attack.

The bus conductor informed the Bantwal police. Circle inspector TD Nagaraj and police visited the spot.

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Belthangady: A woman in her mid-50s from Guddethota in Shishila village here died after suffering a snake bite while working in a plantation on Sunday.

The deceased, identified as Prema (55), was reportedly bitten by a cobra when working in a plantation located in Shishila village of the taluk on Sunday afternoon.

The members of the Shourya Disaster Response Team, who were informed of the incident, arrived at the plantation and took Prema to the Puttur Government Hospital, but the patient is learned to have died due to the intensity of the snake venom.

Prema is survived by her daughter and son.