Karnataka: Boy, man drown in Bhadra canal

DAVANAGERE: Two people drowned in the waters of Bhadra canal while they were taking bath near Somanahalu village in Channagiri taluk of Davanagere district on Thursday. Their bodies were recovered late in the night.
The deceased are Chinmay, 15, a resident of AK Colony in Channagiri town and Rangaswamy, 25, also from Channagiri town. Both of them did not know swimming and drowned when water level in the canal increased after water was let out from Bhadra dam.
Five swimmers were pressed into the rescue operation who later traced the bodies that were struck in the sub-channel. “We stopped water flow from the main canal and then we were able to recover the bodies. We handed them over to their families after conducting postmortem,” said PSI Shivarudrappa Meti.
“A man named Gagan had accompanied the victims and he alerted us about the incident,” said Meti. A case has been filed at Santhebennur police station and further investigation is on.