Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Apr 21: A pedestrian, who was crossing the road near the fish market in Saligrama town in the taluk, died after a bus knocked him down. The incident occurred on Wednesday April 20.
The deceased has been identified as Narayan Poojary(70), a resident of Hartattu in Kotatattu village, and father-in-law of BJP MLC, Kota Srinivas Poojary.
Poojary had visited a shop by the side of the fish market to buy certain things. He bought the items and was moving to the other side of the road, when a bus running from Kundapur to Udupi hit him. He died on the spot. A case in this respect was registered in Kota police station.