Five people of the same family drowned in the canal, bodies of three found

Mandya (IANS) | In a tragic incident, five members of a family drowned in a canal while swimming in Karnataka’s Mandya district on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Mehtab (10), Anisha Begum (34), Tasmiya (22), Asharak (28) and Afeeka (22). All of them had come to their close relative’s place from Bengaluru for a holiday after Ramzan.

Fire and emergency services personnel reached the spot and pulled out three bodies from the canal. Police said a search is on for the remaining two bodies.

The incident is of Basralu police station area. The five had gone for a swim in the Visvesvaraya Canal (VC) near Doddakottagere village. The deceased lived in Neelasandra area of Bengaluru.

Police said that the deceased had come to the same place on Monday and swam back safely. But the accident happened on Tuesday. Police is collecting information and has started investigation.

–IANS