<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday night played the good Samaritan when he directed his escort staff to rescue five members of a family whose car had fallen into a channel.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The driver of the car lost control of it when it was on its way from Shimoga to Shikaripur and fell into the Anjanapura channel near the Esur-Chikkajogihalli cross road. The MP, who was passing by in his vehicle, asked driver Shivu to stop it.<br /><br /> He then asked Shivu, S I Huchappa and other staff in the escort team to rush to the family’s rescue. <br /><br />Shashi, Veena, Shakuntalamma, Chennabasamma and two-year-old Pranav Vijay were successfully pulled out of the channel into which they had fallen. Yeddyurappa then dropped them at their relatives’ place in Shikaripur.</p>
<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday night played the good Samaritan when he directed his escort staff to rescue five members of a family whose car had fallen into a channel.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The driver of the car lost control of it when it was on its way from Shimoga to Shikaripur and fell into the Anjanapura channel near the Esur-Chikkajogihalli cross road. The MP, who was passing by in his vehicle, asked driver Shivu to stop it.<br /><br /> He then asked Shivu, S I Huchappa and other staff in the escort team to rush to the family’s rescue. <br /><br />Shashi, Veena, Shakuntalamma, Chennabasamma and two-year-old Pranav Vijay were successfully pulled out of the channel into which they had fallen. Yeddyurappa then dropped them at their relatives’ place in Shikaripur.</p>
