Mandya: In a collision between a car and an auto-rickshaw that occurred on Wednesday night, three passengers in the auto-rickshaw reportedly passed away near the Kanigal Gate on the outskirts of Malavalli Town. The two people in the car are said to have sustained grievous injuries in this accident. 

The deceased have been identified as Bengaluru-based individuals namely Ravikumar (50), Bhaskar (48), and the auto driver Shrinivas (35), a resident of Huligere village in Maddur Taluk, it is learned. The two critically injured individuals were reportedly admitted to the VIMS hospital in Mandya. 

Ravikumar, who is the state-level secretary of the pro-people’s forum known as Jaya Karnataka, had visited his home village in Kanikahalli and was returning to Bengaluru in the auto when the vehicle he was travelling in met with the accident, it is learned. An oncoming car had reportedly crashed into the auto-rickshaw near Kanigal on the national highway. 

While the auto-rickshaw was entirely crushed in the accident, the car has been damaged, it is learned. 

A case has been registered in this regard at the Malavalli rural police station.

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Bengaluru: Mystery shrouded the death of a young woman who was found with her throat and wrist slit on Wednesday.

Prabhudhya (21), who was studying in second PUC, lived with her mother and brother. She was found dead in the bathroom of her house in Subrahmanyapura on Wednesday evening with her throat and wrist slit, police said.

The incident came to light around 7 pm on Wednesday.

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The PUC student is said to have died of excess bleeding.

Bengaluru South Division DCP Lokesh B Jagalasar said an investigation is on and would cover all aspects of the incident.

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