Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (ANK)
Bantwal Sep 29: A family of mother and two children and a dog jumped from new Netravati Bridge at Panemangalore on late Saturday night of September 28. One among them is dead.
The deceased person is Kavita Mandanna (55). Her children Kaushik (29) and Kalpitha (22) are missing and the rescue operation is on.
Local residents noticed three people jumping off the bridge. They managed to rescue the mother and the dog. The dog was holding the lady tightly, they said.
Kavita breathed her last while she was being taken to the hospital.
The family had parked their EECO car next to the new bridge. The vehicle has the number KA 09 MA 489 which is a Mysuru registration.
As per the initial reports, the family is from Virajpet in Kodagu district. Kavita’s husband, Kishan, a businessman, was missing from some days and his dead body was found in Mysuru on Saturday. It is said that he had died of heart attack. Kavita and her children, who could not bear the grief, took the car and travelled towards Bantwal. Kavita phoned her brother in the evening and said they would not live anymore. After that she switched off the mobile.
Fire brigade and police personnel are involved in the rescue operation.
Bantwal police have registered a case.