Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Jan 24: Yogish (15), only son of Dayanand Jogi, a resident of Purusharakatte, drowned in River Netravati in Veeramangala near here, on the evening of Saturday January 22. He had gone there along with some of his friends, for swimming.

Yogish is survived by mother and three sisters. Reportedly, four of his friends were with him when the incident occurred. It is learnt that no one normally takes to water at this sport, which is located by the side of NRCC, because of the existence of strong undercurrent. This spot is notorious for claiming a number of lives in the past.

The friends of Yogish, who were shocked by this unexpected development, were too frightened to pass on this information to the concerned, till Saturday night. The family members searched for the boy till late night, but to no avail. After the boys revealed what had happened, a search for the body was launched, but it did not yield any result on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, the body of Yogish was recovered.

A case was registered in the local police station in this connection.