Ullal: A father and his son reportedly went missing on Sunday morning from near Netravati Bridge near NH 66 while their car was found on the bridge here.
The missing father and son have been identified as Gopalkrishna Rai (45) and his son Namish Rai (6).They are said to be originally from Balthila in Bantwal Taluk.
Currently residing in Mumbai, Gopalkrishna Rai had come to Pavoor near Konaje with his wife and son couple of days back to attend Nemotsava and was staying at a relative’s house.
According to the reports, Gopalkrishna and his son went out at around 2:30 am and did not return home. A passerby then noticed their car near the Nethravathi Bridge and informed local police about the same.
The police reportedly recovered a suicide note inside the car indicating this to be a case of suicide.
Police have seized the car and further investigations are underway. Meanwhile, a search operation in Nethravathi River has also been launched to trace Gopalkrishna and his son.




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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).
