Mangalore: Student from Gujarat drowns in Mulky


Mangalore: Student from Gujarat drowns in Mulky

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Feb 10: A fun outing by a group of students at Mulky ended in the tragic drowning of an 18-year-old youth from Gujarat.

The incident occured at Kolachi Kambla in Mulky near here on Sunday February 9.

The deceased has been identified as Jignesh (18) from Gujarat. He was a first year student of St Ann's College at Mulky.

Jignesh along with his classmates Viral, Sumarling, Nitesh and Prakash went for a swim in Shambhavi river on Sunday.

It is said that Jignesh and Viral swam towards the mouth of the river and were pulled in by the strong currents. Their friends rushed to their rescue and managed to save Viral. However, Jignesh was washed away.

The boys alerted the locals and the fire service. However, Jignesh was nowhere to be found.

Viral was admitted to a hospital.

Jignesh had recently joined the college. He was a first year student of BSc. His friends too are from Gujarat, sources said.

Mulky police have registered a case.

  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Mon, Feb 10 2014

    Unfortunate incident.Really sorry to know the sad demise of young student drowned in Mulky while swimming.Let his soul rest in peace and may the dependants of the departed are blessed with the strength to bear the loss.Thanq.

    DisAgree [1] Agree [4] Reply Report Abuse

  • clvie, Kuwait

    Mon, Feb 10 2014

    A very sad incident.May his soul rest in peace.
    Bad things are going to happen to good people, no question. Tragedies are going to visit good parents and their children. Fate cannot be outlawed or litigated, but fate can be challenged.

    DisAgree Agree [20] Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Mangalore: Student from Gujarat drowns in Mulky



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.