Forest Department staff drowns in Sullia taluk river during survey
Madikeri: A Forest Department staff member reportedly drowned in a river in Sullia taluk, when he had gone for a survey on Tuesday evening.
Chinnappa, 58, was the Forest Department staff member. His body was found in the river on Wednesday, said sources.
The incident is learned to have taken place in Maavinakatte Naruvolu near Thodikana of Sullia taluk.
The land survey was being conducted in Thodikana from Kodagu Circle of the Forest Department, the sources added.
The local police, who are investigating the case, reportedly said that Chinnappa might have accidentally fallen into the river during the survey.
The police officers have also visited the spot for further investigation.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
