JOIN USNew Year began on a tragic note in Mandya district as five revellers were killed in separate accidents. Besides, a drunken brawl led to the death of two friends.
Akmal Pasha (44), a resident of Mandya, was killed when his car plunged into the Shimsha river in Maddur taluk. Three other occupants of the car were injured. It is said that they were returning to Mandya after ringing in the New Year.
Prashant (25), a resident of Banashankari in Bengaluru died after the car in which he was travelling hit a roadside tree near T K Halli in Malavalli taluk. Three people who were travelling with him in the car were injured. They were returning from a New Year party at their friend’s house in a hamlet, said the jurisdictional Halagur police.
In another accident in Malavalli taluk, Chethan (22) of KR Pet taluk, was killed in a head-on collision between a car and a bike at Nelamakanahalli. Three people in the car were injured. Chethan was a first-year BE student at a college in Shravanabelagola in Hassan district. They too were returning from a party when the accident took place.
Two men died after a car hit a motorcycle near Srirangapatna on Saturday night. The victims have been identified as gram panchayat member Seshegowda (55) and Sridhar (50), residents of Baburayanakoppalu in Srirangapatna taluk. They were returning after meeting their friends. The Srirangapatna police have registered a case.
A drunken brawl ended in the death of two friends on the outskirts of Hosahalli in Malavalli taluk. Reports said that an inebriated Rajesh (40) attacked his friend Mahesh on Saturday night. A severly injured Mahesh (38), who was shifted to a hospital in Bengaluru, died there. Rajesh, who learnt about Mahesh’s death, reportedly ended his life by hanging himself at his house. The Belakawadi police have registered a case.