Byndoor, June 26: A woman who had been to a shop on Sunday is missing and it is suspected that she might have swept away in the river beside her house. But even after three days, her body is not yet traced despite the search operation.

The missing woman is identified as Parvati (35) of Uddabettu Dasodi in Teggarse village in the taluk. She had gone to the shop on Sunday to bring some ration. When she did not turn up even after 10 am, her family members started searching her. While searching, her umbrella was found in a bush below 100 mts from a foot-bridge constructed across Sumanavati river near her house. Since the taluk has been receiving heavy rains for the last couple of days, it is suspected that she might have fallen accidentally from the footbridge and swept away in the flood.

Byndoor police who registered a case said that locals and fire brigade have been searching for the body since Sunday. But it was not found. As the rivers are flowing in full force, the body might have washed away into the sea. Her husband Buddivanta is working as a mason.

Rain-related losses

Due to heavy rains that has been lashing the district for the last few days, some houses were damaged, traffic movement was disrupted due to clogging of water in the incomplete highway work sites.

Artificial flooding was created at Basrur Murukai, Koteshwara underpass and other places in Kundapura taluk, causing inconvenience to vehicular movement. A wall of the house belonging to Narayana Achari in Nujadi village collapsed due to heavy rains and the loss was estimated at Rs 25,000. As a coconut tree fell on the house of Radhu Poojarthi of Udyavara village, the house was damaged causing a loss of Rs 50,000. The compound of the house belonging to Raghava of 80 Badagabettu village was collapsed due to heavy rains on Monday night incurring a loss of Rs 30,000. In the same way, Girija of Beejadi village in Kundapur taluk incurred a loss of Rs 75,000 due to gusty wind and heavy rains, Susheela has incurred a loss of Rs 35,000 and Babu Kharvi of Hosadu village incurred a loss of Rs 35,000 as their houses were damaged.

In Udupi taluk, Nemu Poojarthi of Kadekar village incurred a loss of Rs 60,000, Shivaram Poojary Rs 20,000, Narayana Poojary Rs 22,000, Sunil KN Rs 20,000, Kuthpadi Achyuta Anchan Rs  15,000, Neeladhara Suvarna Rs 20,000, Vittal Kotian Rs 6000, Sadashiva Bhandary Rs 10,000, Sadhu Karkera Rs 15000, Koraga Salian Rs 15,000 losses were estimated.

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Pune, Nov 16: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis continued to raise the pitch on "vote jihad" by playing a video of Islamic scholar Sajjad Nomani at a poll rally in Pune's Bhosari area on Saturday.

It is being said that a person who votes for the BJP must be ostracised, Fadnavis claimed.

"If these people are trying to do vote jihad, if they are saying they will destabilise the government through vote jihad, then you will also have to do dharmayudh of votes," Fadnavis said.

"If these people dream that they will come to power with the help of votes from one community in the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, then you will also have to come to the battlefield," he said in a swipe at the MVA.