Dead body of farmer drowned in river Tunga recovered
Chikamagaluru, June.30: The dead body of Umesh, a farmer who was drowned in river Tunga four days ago was recovered by the search team. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel finally succeeded in tracing the dead body that was buried in the river due to heavy rain.
Umesh was a small farmer residing at Nemmaru village in Sringeri taluk. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel had searched for his body since two days.
On Wednesday night Umesh had gone for fishing in Tunga river flowing near his farm land. As he had not returned to his house even after late night, his family members started searching for him near the river bank. When they failed to find him even on Thursday morning, the family members got anxious and immediately lodged a complaint at Sringeri police station.
The police along with fire personnel started search operation on Thursday morning near river. But they failed to trace him. Later on Friday district administration called on NDRF to help in search operation. Till Friday night the team searched almost every corner of the river, but could not find his body.
On Saturday, decomposed body of Umesh was recovered from the river near Nemmar village. The dead body was handed over to the family after post mortem.
The farmer leaders visited the spot and urged the revenue department officials to provide compensation to the family of Umesh.
Locals and people's representatives thanked NDRF officials, police and Fire personnel for recovering the dead body after three days of intense search.
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Brahmavar: Four arrested in Kotathattu murder case
Brahmavar: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Santhosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere. The arrested accused are Darshan (21) of Parampalli Padukere, Kaushik (21) of Neeradi Jeddu, Sasthan Pandeshwar, and Ankit (19) and Sujan (21), both residents of Kotathattu Padukere. All four have been produced before the court.
According to the police, the incident occurred on the evening of December 14. Santhosh, along with Sachin, Chethan, Kaushik, Sujan and Darshan, had gone to a bar and later came to the Padukere Circle, where they had food and were conversing. During this time, an argument broke out between the groups over issues related to Santhosh’s family and alcohol consumption. The verbal altercation escalated, with the accused allegedly abusing Santhosh and assaulting him together.
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It is alleged that during the scuffle, Darshan struck Santhosh forcefully on the back of his neck with his hand, while Kaushik also assaulted him. Though others attempted to intervene and stop the fight, Santhosh collapsed at the spot.
He was later rushed to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Kota Police Station in this regard.
Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T and Station SI Mantesh Jabha Gowda visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Further investigation is underway.
