A 35-year-old man was washed away in swollen river Tungabhadra as he slipped into it while taking a bath at Ukkadagatri, a pilgrim centre of Harihar taluk on Saturday.
According to police, Parameshwara Naik (35), a native of Rajagondanahalli in Channagiri taluk is the deceased. The staff of Fire & Emergency Services Department searched for his body till late in the night, but they could not retrieve it.
He decided to take a bath in the swollen river Tungabhadra by removing the barricade placed there and got drowned. He had been to the Kari Basaveshwara temple with his mother, brother and brother-in-law. Tahsildar M B Ashwath, Assistant Commissioner Durgashri, police sub-inspector Ravi Kumar, and Nodal Officer Naarana Gowda visited the spot.
(Published 16 July 2022, 16:33 IST)
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