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