Mangalore: Five boys washed away in river - All bodies recovered
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)
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Mangalore, Oct 8: The body of Yakshith, who along with four other boys drowned in a river at Tannir Bavi on Sunday October 6, has been found after an intense search by teams of fire personnel and expert swimmers in three boats.
The body was found about 200 metres away from the spot of the incident, it is learnt.
Meanwhile, district incharge minister Ramanath Rai and MLA Mohiuddin Bava along with leader Vijaykumar Shetty, Shashidhar Hegde and others visited all the five families and expressed their sympathies. The district administration has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lac to each of the five families, and Ramanath Rai assured that more would be done to compensate the victims' families.
The five boys - Yakshith, Rakshith, Kalandar, Prajwal and Rajesh were washed away in the Phalguni river while bathing after a practice for tiger dance by the river side. The bodies of four boys were recovered on Sunday night, while Yakshith's body was not found until Tuesday October 8.
The last rites of three boys were conducted on Monday October 7. As Yakshith and Rakshith were cousins, the family of Rakshith waited till his cousin's body was found.
Earlier Updates
Mangalore: Five boys washed away in river - Four bodies found
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)
Update: Oct 6, 10 pm
Mangalore, Oct 6: The bodies of four out of the five boys who were feared drowned in a river near Tannir Bavi here on Sunday October 6 have been found.
The deceased are Rakshith, Rajesh, Kalandar and S Prajwal.
Prajwal's and Kalandar's bodies were found earlier in the evening.
The fifth boy, Yakshith, has not yet been traced.
Rakshith was the only son of the late Digambar and Rajani, residents of Kodikal Katte. He was a 10th standard student of Ganapathy High School.
Yakshith, son of Meena, resident of Kodikal Katte, was also a student of Ganapathy High School, studying in standard 9th standard. He too was the only son, and was related to Rakshith.
S Prajwal from Kodikal Katte, was a 9th standard student of Ganapathy High School. He has two siblings.
Kalandar, the eldest among the deceased boys, was engaged in coolie work. He was among the seven children (five girls and two boys) of fisherman Hussain.
Rajesh was the son of Ratnakar who runs a furniture business. He was the eldest among four children.
Earlier Update: 6.50 pm
As per the latest information, another body has been recovered from the river where five boys were washed away earlier in the evening.
Two bodies have been recovered so far. The deceased are Prajwal and Kalandar.
MLAs J R Lobo and Mohiuddin Bava, DCP Jagadish, former mayor Shashidhar Hegde arrived at the spot.
Earlier in the evening on Sunday October 6, five boys who had gone for a bath in Baddodi Kudru river near Tannir Bavi here were washed away.
The boys have been identified as Rakshith (14), Prajwal (14), Yakshith (14), Rajesh (17) and Kalandar (14).
It is said that altogether, eight boys had gone to practice tiger dance (Pili Vesha) at the river side and after the practice, went for a wash in the river. While bathing, they were pulled in by the water. Among the eight, three of them - Jagadish, Prajwal and Marimuthu - managed to swim to safety while others were washed away.
Kavoor police arrived at the spot. Search operations are on for the missing boys.
More details awaited.