7 people including mother-two children, SSLC student drown in Mandya district
Mandya: In three different cases, seven people have drowned in various parts of the district on Sunday.
Three people drowned in the lake of Beeranahalli in Nagamangala taluk, two in Cholasandra village and two in Ganganahalli village of K R Pet taluk.
In Beeranahalli, Geetha Narasimhayya, 38, and her children Savitha, 19, and Soumya, 14 went to the lake on Sunday morning to wash clothes. One of the girls slipped and fell into the lake. The mother and sister who tried to rescue her too fell into the water and all three of them drowned, said sources.
Nagamangala rural police have registered a case.
In Cholasandra of Bellur hobli, Gangadharayya's daughter Rashmi, 22, and her niece Inchara, 7, had gone to the Yaladahalli lake to wash clothes, when they slipped and fell into the water.
Bellur police have registered a case.
Two people who had gone to the Hemavathi channel to wash their cattle drowned in the channel in Huruli Ganganahalli of kasaba hobli in K R Pet taluk on Sunday morning.
Abhishek, 15, son of Swami Gowda of Huruli Ganganahalli, and his uncle Kumar, 25, son of Javaregowda of Adihalli village, had gone to the lake with their cattle, where Abhishek accidentally slipped into a deep point in the water. Kumar tried to rescue Abhishek but he too drowned in the channel.
K R Pet fire brigade officer Srinivas Rao led team that brought the bodies to the shore and handed them to the families. Taluk APMC president J Chandrahasa and vice president have assured of recompensing the families of the duo that drowned.
Kikkeri police have registered a case.
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Attacks on Christians contradict PM's message of harmony, visit to church: Gehlot
Jaipur (PTI): Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday expressed concern over the reported attacks and disruptions in prayer gatherings of the Christian community in different parts of the country, saying such incidents were "worrying and condemnable".
In a post on X, Gehlot said that while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting a church and giving a message of peace and harmony, news of attacks on members of the Christian community from various regions reflected a serious contradiction.
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"Symbolic gestures would not be enough, and strict legal action was required against those spreading hatred," the senior Congress leader said.
He added that Indian culture has always upheld the spirit of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", where every citizen has full freedom to practise their faith.
Gehlot urged the Centre and state governments to uphold the rule of law and ensure that no citizen is forced to celebrate their festival under fear.
