Heavy rain claim two live in Udupi District
Udupi: Heavy rain that has gripped Coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala since Thursday reportedly claimed two lives in Udupi District in two different incidents reported on Thursday.
In the first incident reported from Karkala Gram Panchayath limits, a 42-year old woman who had been to field to collect grass for the cattle fell into a pond and died of drowning. The woman, identified as Sulochana went into the field to collect grass in the afternoon. When she did not return till evening, her family started looking for Sulochana. However, her dead body was found in a pond in the evening.
In another incident, reported from Kukkehalli an auto-driver who was staying at his friend’s house due to heavy rain, died after he sustianed injuries as a tree fell and hit his head at Dinakar's house due to heavy rain on Thursday night.
An auto rickshaw driver Ravindra Kullal, who was on his way to his home on Thursday night decided to stay at his friend Dinakar Shetty’s house due to heavy rain as it was nearly impossible to ride his auto home. Later in the night a tree fell down due to heavy rain, Ravindra who was sleeping in the sit-out of the house sustained severe injuries and breathed his last.
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Woman throws speech-disabled child into crocodile infested river in Karnataka
Uttara Kannada: A 26-year-old woman allegedly threw her six-year-old disabled son into a crocodile infested river at Dandeli taluk in this district following a quarrel with her husband, police said on Sunday.
The couple often fought with each other over the condition of their elder son, who is speech-disabled since birth. They have another two-year-old son, they said.
Savitri's husband Ravi Kumar used to frequently quarrel with her over elder son's disability and questioned her as to why she gave birth to such a child. On certain occasions, he used to allegedly tell her to "throw the child away", police said.
According to the police, following a fight over the same matter on Saturday evening, frustrated Savitri allegedly threw her elder son into a waste canal directly linked to the Kali river which is infested with crocodiles.
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The neighbours alerted the police. They reached the spot and with the help of locals and divers, conducted a search operation to rescue the child. However, since it was dark, the police could not find the child.
On Sunday morning, the police managed to retrieve the body of the child with severe injuries, bite marks across the body and a missing hand indicating that the child was the victim of a crocodile attack, a police officer said.
The body was sent for post mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death, police said, adding a further investigation into the matter is underway.
"We have registered a case at Dandeli Rural Police station under section 109 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested both husband and wife in connection with the incident," the officer said.
