Beltangady: Weekend Fun Turns into Tragedy as Four School Boys Drown

Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (RD)

Beltangady, Jan 8: In a tragic incident, four boys drowned in a tributary of Netravati River, here on Sunday January 8 evening.

The deceased have been identified as 11-year-old Afir, son of Kabir and Jameela, residents of Sanjay Nagar, Court Road, here, 12-year-old Javed Hassan and 7-year-old Jamseed, both children of Haroon Rashid and Rasheeda, and 12-year-old Syed Nasir, son of Syed and Taseen.

Afir, Javed, Jamseed and Nasir had gone to play in the water, as it was a weekend. They slipped, and in an attempt to save each other, all of them drowned.

Afir was a student of St Mary’s English Medium School, studying in class VI, Javed a student of St Theresa Kannada Medium School, studying in class VI, Jamseed, class I student of St Mary’s School and Nasir, a class VI student of Government Model Kannada Medium School.

ZP member Shailesh Kumar, Fr Joseph Valiyaparambil, taluk Government Primary School Teachers Association president Dharanendra Jain, SDPI office bearers visited the bereaved families.