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Five Drown in River While Trying to Save Child
31 May
Summary
- Five individuals drowned attempting to rescue a child in the Tungabhadra River.
- The victims were attending a religious ceremony in Mantralaya before the incident.
- Rescue operations led to the recovery of all five bodies, with police investigating.
Tragedy struck the Tungabhadra River on the Raichur border on Saturday evening when five people drowned. The group, visiting Mantralaya for a religious ceremony, entered the river for a swim. The incident began when a five-year-old boy, Yuvan Chandra, reportedly started drowning.
His father, Vadla Satish, and three others—Raghavendra, Vadla Dhanu, and Sandhya—went into deeper waters to rescue the child. Tragically, they were all swept away and drowned. A young woman, Aparna, survived the incident and alerted others.
Authorities, including police and fire services, along with local fishermen, conducted an intensive search operation. The bodies of the five victims were recovered and sent for postmortem. A case has been registered by the Mantralaya police regarding the drowning.
