Mulky: Vijaya College Student Harshit Drowns in Dalantarakere
Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Jul 22: A final year B.com student of Vijaya College, Mulky, drowned in a lake at Dalantarakere near Mudarangady, under the limit of Yellur gram panchayat here on Friday July 22.
The deceased has been identified as Harshit Poojary (20). A group of four students had gone for a swim in the lake which falls under the jurisdiction of Padubidri police station on Friday afternoon.
Around 3.15 pm Harshit's friends Chethan Poojary and first year Bcom Students of same college Devraj Rao and Subramanya Rao were playing and bathing at the lake. Harshit along with his one more friend Sachin was waving at them standing near the lake. He suddenhly lost balance and fell into water which took away his life, the police informed.
Harshit who belongs to not-so well-off family, knew swimming but the lake was 20 feet deep and due to the force of water he was unable to breathe and drowned in the lake. The boy had lost his father at the early age and is survived by mother, Baby Suvarna and sister Navya who works for a internet browsing centre in Padubidri.
Local residents and fire brigade personnel, after a search of nearly three hours, managed to spot the dead body of Harshit, sources informed.
The dead body of Harshit was placed in the morgue at Padubidri Government Hospital. Padubidri police registered a case in this regard.
Hejamady taluk panchayat member Sachin Nayak, zilla panchayat member Geetanjali Suvarna, Mulky Vijaya College principal Shankar and Mudarangady gram panchayat president Sunilraj Shetty among others visited the spot.