Bantwal: Dead body of drowned man found

Vartha Bharati | 24-07-2018 | 18:51:00 IST

Bantwal, July 24: The dead body of the man who was drowned in a river while playing with his friends at Kelagina Padavu in Kepu village in the limits of Vittla station has been found on Tuesday morning.

Kepu village’s Kelagina Padavu’s resident Somappa Nayak’s son Sundar Naik (43) was drowned in the river.

Sundar Naik went to the watering quarry lake on Monday evening with his friends in the Kelagina Padavu of Kepu village. Later he was washed away by the river. But his dead body was not found even after the search operation launched by the fire brigade staff.

Friends Vittla team led by Murlidhar Vittla searched for the body for about five hours on Monday and brought up the dead body.

Kashimath Yogish, Pratap, Meginapete Ali and others participated in the search operation.

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Three devotees sustain injuries as thousands throng to Deviramma temple in Chikkamagaluru

01-11-2024 ¦ 01-11-2024 IST

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Nov 1: Three people sustained minor injuries as they fell down due to the slippery route because of rain when they were on the way to Deviramma hill temple here, a police officer said on Friday.

All three of them sustained minor injuries and were discharged after first aid, Vikram Amathe, Superintendent of Police (Chikkamagaluru) told PTI.

According to him, a large number of people climbed up the hill shrine to have darshan of the Goddess.

"Because of rain, the route has become slippery. Only three people were injured as they slipped while climbing," Amathe said.

The injured were immediately shifted via ambulance and given necessary first-aid, he said.

Also, two women had fallen unconscious because of fasting on October 30, he clarified.

According to him, the 24-hour darshan started on October 30 and went on till early morning of October 31.

In view of the crowd, adequate security arrangements were made along the route, police said.

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