Yahya Hallare
Daijiworld Media Network - Bhatkal
Bhatkal, Jan 3: More than a day after a bike collision at Vengtapur which left three injured, the body of one of the persons involved in the accident was found under suspicious circumstances in a well near the accident spot.
In the early hours of Friday January 1, at around 12.30 am, two bikes had collided at Vengtapur bridge on national highway 66. Three persons were seriously injured and one was missing after the accident.
The body of Yogesh Shankayya Naik (24), resident of Heble Bhatkal was found in the well beside the Vengtapur bridge on Saturday January 2.
The well is situated exactly next to the bridge. After the accident, hundreds of people had launched a search operation for Yogesh. Some people had even searched into the same well earlier but had not found the body, sources said.
Bhatkal CPI Prashant S Nayak, rural PSI Manjunath along with their team rushed to the spot and sent the body to government hospital for post-mortem.
Further investigations are on.