Karnataka: Fearing checkposts during lockdown, man decides to swim his way through to village, dies
Vijayapura: A man lost his life when he, fearing check post, jumped into the river Krishna to reach his native place. The incident took place on Monday near the Krishna River Bridge in the village of Muddebihal Taluk in Vijayapura.
The deceased has been identified as Mallappa Ningappa Bommanagi, a resident of Hullalli of Hunagund taluk. Mallappa had gone to visit his wife in Saroor village in Muddebihal taluk. While returning, he came to know that as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus check posts have been setup.
It was then he decided to swim his way through to his native and jumped into the river, failing to swim his way through, Mallapa died of drowning in the river.
Muddebihal police have registered a case in this regard.
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Kota: Missing NEET aspirant yet to traced
Kota, Apr 28: The 20-yr-old female NEET aspirant in Kota, who had gone missing eight days ago, is yet to be traced.
Police said separate teams were dispatched to trace the woman and search for her is still on.
Tripti Singh, a resident of Kaushambi Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, had been preparing for NEET in a coaching institute here for a year. She lived in a PG in the Gobariabawari area of Kota.
On April 21, Tripti did not return to the PG room after leaving her coaching centre.
At the complaint of the caretaker of the PG, a missing person report was lodged at Anantpura Police Station on April 23.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Manish Sharma on Sunday said the woman's mobile phone continues to be switched off.
