Mangaluru-based youth drowned in Bhadra River
Is selfie mania claims another life?
Chikmagaluru, July 26: A Mangaluru-based youth who came to the city for a tour along with his friends slipped into the Bhadra River and washed away at Ambathirtha in Kalasa police station limits on Thursday.
The victim is identified as Kiran Kotian (26) of Tumbe village in Mangaluru. He was working as an engineer in a private company in Mangaluru.
It is said that Kiran Kumar has come with his 12 friends to Kudremukh for a trip. After completing their trip to Kudremukh, they have reached Kalasa via Samse and later, they have been to Ambathirtha tourist spot on Horanadu road in Kalasa town. They have gone to Ambuthirtha in a car. But some of them have taken photos from a distance fearing the gushing water in the river. But some others attempted to climb the rocks near the river and tried to get selfies. Among them, Kiran Kumar tried to climb the rock adjacent to the river and slipped into the river. But as soon as he fell into the river, he was washed away in the water, informed other students to the police.
Though people working in nearby fields tried to rescue him, he swept away in the river. Though the people and the police searched for the youth, he was not traced in the river. Later, fire brigade, divers, police personnel and local people continued their search operation in the river near Hebbal, Vashishta Thirtha and other places along the river bank and he was not traced.
Is Kiran Kumar loses life for Selfie mania?
Because of the heavy rains lashing the region for the last two months, the rocks along the Bhadra river developed algae and are slipping. The youth tried to take selfie standing on dangerous rocks and this time, he slipped into the river, said eye witnesses.
Ambuthirtha tour is not safe during rainy season
Ambuthirtha place is an attractive tourist place because of rocks which seem as if they were sculpted by the sculptors. People would easily attract to their natural beauty. As a result, shooting of lot of films were being taken place every year. But the local people would not dare to go there and those who knew the place would prefer summer season to visit it. As the youth from Mangaluru did not have any precautions about the place, they ventured into the place. The local people urged the authorities to put up some hoardings warning against venturing into the river and climbing the rocks.
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Protest for new state held in Kalaburagi; leaders of organization detained by city police
Kalaburagi: Members of the Kalyana Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya Horata Samiti, who staged a protest in the city on Friday morning demanding a separate state, were taken into custody by the police.
The members of the committee, led by President MS Patil Naribola, protested at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Circle in the city. The office-bearers hoisted a red flag as a part of the protest and shouted a slogan stating their demand for a new state named ‘Kalyana Karnataka’.
The city police intervened and took into custody Naribola and Laxmikanth Sadhvi, among other leaders of the movement.
