Mohan Kuthar
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Mar 11: In a suspected suicide bid, an unidentified person jumped into the river from the Netravati bridge here on Friday March 11.
Eyewitnesses said that the man came walking along the bridge and at once climbed over the parapet and jumped into the water.
Commuters in vehicles as well as those on boats in the river were witness to the incident.
The people in the boats rushed to his rescue, but by then he got washed away and drowned.
Ullal police and Mangaluru rural police arrived at the spot.
The man took off his slippers before jumping into the water. The police took the slippers into their possession.
Fire personnel and locals are looking for the body.