Film disaster: 2 bodies retrieved from reservoir

Rescue personnel retrieved two more bodies from Thippagondanahalli reservoir including that of a 32-year-old onlooker who had plunged into the reservoir to escape from a colony of wild bees and drowned in the silt on Tuesday. The bodies of Anil, the stunt actor missing since Monday after his fatal jump from a chopper into the reservoir, and Yellaiah, a farmer from Ramanagar who arrived at the reservoir with his friends to witness the rescue operations, were found on Thursday. The rescue personnel had retrieved the body of Raghava Uday, another actor of the ill-fated Kannada flick Masti Gudi, on Wednesday after a 48-hour search for the missing actors. According to Ramnagar police, Yellaiah and his friends were among the onlookers gathered at the reservoir site on Tuesday.However, one of the onlookers reportedly pelted a stone at a beehive on one of the trees in the vicinity. As the bees erupted and attacked those nearby, Yelliah reportedly jumped into the water to escape from the bees in the commotion and drowned in the silt. His family and friends approached Tavarekere police on Wednesday after he failed to return home on Tuesday evening.Ramnagar Superintendent of Police Chandragupta told BM on late Wednesday night that they had registered a missing complaint and the rescue personnel were searching for Yelliah also along with the Kollywood actor Anil.
Meanwhile, stunt actor Anil's body was found about 20 metres away from the spot where he had hit the water after his jump from the chopper.