Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)
Karkala, Aug 3: In an incident which happened on Monday August 2, an engineering college student who was on a visit to Arbi Falls in Nitte village in the taluk drowned and lost her life. The victim was Varshita (19), daughter of Amaresh B and Sandhya, residents of Jeppu Market Mangaluru.
The student, who had completed her first year of engineering degree course, was staying at Nitte. On Monday, she had been on a visit to the said falls along with some of her friends. The girl student knew how to swim but because of the acute force of water, she was dragged away, it is learnt.
Fireman later brought her body from water. A case was registered in Karkala rural police station in this connection.