Three killed in quarry explosion in Hassan

 Three persons, including a man and his son, were killed in an explosion at a quarry near Kattaya in the taluk on Monday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Jagadish (55), his son Punith Kumar (22) of the taluk and Nagaraju (40), a resident of Bettadahalli in Arkalgud taluk. Contractor Yaduraju had taken them to work in the quarry for blasting rocks and the incident occurred when they were fixing the gelatin sticks.

Punith Kumar was studying final-year BCom at NDRK College and had accompanied his father Jagadish to watch the explosion. Gorur police have registered a case.