Shivamogga: Three boys drown in tank
Shivamogga, June 3: Three boys who have gone for a swim in a tank at Tammadihalli village in the taluk on Sunday afternoon drowned.
The deceased boys are identified as Chiranth (14), Vasanth (14) and Ajay (12) of Tammadihalli village. Knowing that the boys were drowning, the villagers rushed to the spot. But before they reach the tank, the boys were drowned. The bodies were fished out of the water. The Kumsi police who visited the spot took the bodies to McGann Hospital for postmortem.
As today is Sunday, around eight boys have gone for a swim at Janglikere on the outskirts of the village. Because of the monsoon rains, the rainwater collected in the tank. But the boys, who were unaware of the depth of the tank in some places, drowned in the water accidentally and died, it is said.
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Five Naxalites killed, 2 security personnel injured in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region
Raipur (PTI): Five Naxalites were killed and two security personnel injured in an anti-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Saturday, a senior police official said.
The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in a forest in north Abujhmad along the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.
Personnel belonging to the Border Security Force (BSF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) are involved in the operation, he said.
The bodies of five Naxalites and a cache of firearms have been recovered from the spot so far, the official said, adding that a search operation is still underway in the area.
Two security personnel sustained injuries in the exchange of fire. They have been shifted to the state capital Raipur for treatment and are out of danger, he said.
Including this incident, the bodies of 197 Naxalites have been recovered so far this year following separate encounters in the state’s Bastar region, comprising seven districts including Kanker and Narayanpur, police said.
