7 people including mother-two children, SSLC student drown in Mandya district
Mandya: In three different cases, seven people have drowned in various parts of the district on Sunday.
Three people drowned in the lake of Beeranahalli in Nagamangala taluk, two in Cholasandra village and two in Ganganahalli village of K R Pet taluk.
In Beeranahalli, Geetha Narasimhayya, 38, and her children Savitha, 19, and Soumya, 14 went to the lake on Sunday morning to wash clothes. One of the girls slipped and fell into the lake. The mother and sister who tried to rescue her too fell into the water and all three of them drowned, said sources.
Nagamangala rural police have registered a case.
In Cholasandra of Bellur hobli, Gangadharayya's daughter Rashmi, 22, and her niece Inchara, 7, had gone to the Yaladahalli lake to wash clothes, when they slipped and fell into the water.
Bellur police have registered a case.
Two people who had gone to the Hemavathi channel to wash their cattle drowned in the channel in Huruli Ganganahalli of kasaba hobli in K R Pet taluk on Sunday morning.
Abhishek, 15, son of Swami Gowda of Huruli Ganganahalli, and his uncle Kumar, 25, son of Javaregowda of Adihalli village, had gone to the lake with their cattle, where Abhishek accidentally slipped into a deep point in the water. Kumar tried to rescue Abhishek but he too drowned in the channel.
K R Pet fire brigade officer Srinivas Rao led team that brought the bodies to the shore and handed them to the families. Taluk APMC president J Chandrahasa and vice president have assured of recompensing the families of the duo that drowned.
Kikkeri police have registered a case.
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Bengaluru: Commercial building fire brought under control, two rescued
Bengaluru (PTI): A fire broke out in a multi-storey commercial building here on Friday evening, following which two people who were trapped on the terrace were safely rescued, officials said.
The incident occurred at around 5.30 pm at a commercial building located on Coles Road, they said.
However, no casualties were reported, officials added.
According to officials, the blaze started on the terrace, where a pantry and storeroom are located. The situation led to panic as the building is located adjacent to a petrol bunk, raising fears of a possible explosion.
Two people trapped on the terrace due to the fire were rescued by a police team along with Fire and Emergency Services personnel, a senior police officer said.
Four fire tenders were pressed into service, and after nearly an hour of intense firefighting, the blaze was brought under control.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
