<p>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. </p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>
