Boy dies after drowning in well

MANGALORE: A holiday turned tragic for a 12-year-old boy who drowned in a well in Kannagudde on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ankith, son of late ShivaramaPoojary and a resident of Kannagudde.
Ankith along with his elder brother Manish and five others had gone to swim in the well around 8.30am. He drowned around 12 noon, police said.
Manish alerted the family of the incident.Police have fished out his body.
The deceased was an eighth standard student of Sacred Heart School in Kulashekar. His is survived by his mother Nandini, an employee at a kitchenware shop and brother. Ankith's uncle Prashanth has registered a complaint at Mangalore rural police station.