Kundapur: The dead body of a 41-year-old jet ski rider, Rohidas, also known as Ravi, who had drowned in a jet ski mishap at Trasi beach on Saturday evening was found on the beach, in the area behind the crematorium at Hospet here on Monday morning.

The body was seen floating in the sea waters off the shore by two local fishermen Shasa Kharvi and Mohan Kharvi at around 3 am on Monday, approximately 36 hours after the accident. The fishermen are learned to have informed the Coast Guard Coastal Control Squad staff member Nishanth Kharvi, who, with help from the fishermen, got Rohidas’ body out of the waters and brought the matter to the notice of the police.

Further, Ibrahim Gangolli, staff member of 24x7 Ambulance Service, Gangolli; beach management staff member Suresh Koderi, Rohidas’ colleagues and Nishanth Kharvi got the disaster victim’s body off the beach.

Gangolli Police have visited the Trasi beach to conduct an inspection of the area.

Rohidas, a rider on a jet ski boat of the Beluga Water Sports company at the Trasi beach, was taking a tourist on a sea excursion on Saturday, when he lost control over the boat. As the boat capsized, the tourist escaped, but Rohidas drowned in the sea.

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New Delhi: A video circulating on social media claiming that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the cancellation of all Pakistani visas following the recent terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has been found to be false and digitally manipulated.

The six-second clip was widely shared on X and Facebook. The video allegedly showed Albanese making the announcement in the aftermath of the December 14 attack.

An X user Tyagi (@mktyaggi) had shared the video on December 14. He claimed that the Australian government had decided to revoke all Pakistani visas after the incident and the post received nearly 50,000 views. A similar claim was amplified by another X account, Tiger Raja Satire (@TigerRajaSinggh), whose post garnered over 82,000 views and without verification, the video was also shared by multiple Facebook users

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A closer examination of the clip by Alt News revealed that the visible lip-sync discrepancies and suspicion about its authenticity. No credible reports of any Australian government decision to cancel Pakistani visas following the attack were found on any platforms.

To verify the source of the visuals, a reverse image search was conducted by Alt News, using key frames from the viral video. This led to several news reports published in August 2022 by The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and The Age, which featured Anthony Albanese wearing the same attire and standing against the same backdrop. Those reports related to a parliamentary discussion on the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament and had no connection to the Bondi Beach incident.

There was no announcement regarding Pakistani visa holders during the press conference and authorities have also clarified that no link to Pakistan has been established in connection with the attack.

Police said, with roots in Tolichowki in Hyderabad, the attacker Sajid Akram had Indian lineage and had migrated to Australia in 1998 on a student visa. He had visited India only on a few occasions for family-related reasons. Officials further stated that the factors leading to the radicalisation of Sajid and his son did not appear to have any connection with India or local influences in Telangana. While Sajid held an Indian passport, his children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens.