Chikkamagaluru: Five youngsters including three brothers attending wedding ceremony die of drowning
Chikkamagaluru: In a tragic incident reported from Herikere in Vastar Taluk of Chikkamagaluru, five youngsters who had come here to attend a wedding ceremony, died of drowning when they went swimming on Wednesday.
Three of the deceased have been identified as brothers Dileep (24), Deepak (25), and Sudeep (23) residents of Hancharvalli village near Vastar. The other two have been identified as Sandeep (23) and Raghu, both residents of Vastar village.
According to the reports, Sandeep and Raghu, identified as the brothers of the bride who got married on Tuesday, went swimming with Dileep, Deepak, Sudeep, and two others on Wednesday afternoon. Unaware of the depth of the river, they all jumped into the water and drowned.
Two of the seven people managed to come out of the river and informed locals about the other five who had drowned due to the incident. Locals rushed to the spot but couldn’t trace any of the five other victims. Soon, fire brigade teams were called in for search operation who later traced and recovered bodies of the five victims in the evening.
A case in this regard has been registered at the local police station and investigations are underway.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
