Body of rickshaw driver, who told friend of suicide plans, found in Guruvayanakere Lake
Belthangady: The body of auto rickshaw driver Praveen Pinto, who had gone missing after telling his friends that he would be committing suicide, was found on Wednesday in the waters of the Guruvayanakere Lake.
The staff members of the fire brigade unit and Belalu the disaster management team as well as the locals of Guruvayanakere reportedly searched for Pinto’s body in the lake waters all of Wednesday morning.
The body of the driver, gotten out of the waters on Wednesday afternoon, was taken to the Belthangady government mortuary, said sources.
Pinto is said to have phoned one of his friends at around 4 am on Wednesday, stating that he would be committing suicide by jumping into the lake in Guruvayankere.
Alarmed by this, when the locals went to look for Pinto near the lake, they found things belonging to him, including his footwear and Aadhaar card. Suspecting Praveen to have already jumped into the lake, the people informed the fire brigade unit staff members, who searched for the body of with disaster management team and the locals.
The reason for suicide is yet to be found, along with several other matters related to the incident, sources said.
The Belthangady Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
