Bantwal, June 07, 2025: A heartbreaking incident occurred on Saturday morning when a college student drowned in Gada Theertha Lake near the sacred Karinja Temple in Bantwal taluk.
The victim, Chethan (19), son of Sridhar Mulya from Kangitthilu near Wagga Karinja Cross, was a student at B Mooda Government Pre-University College, Bantwal. Known for his devotion, Chethan visited the Karinja Temple every Saturday to offer prayers. On the day of the incident, he had gone to the temple with his friend Prashvit. While descending the steps to wash his feet in the temple’s lake, Chethan slipped and fell into the water.
Prashvit, unable to swim, raised an alarm for help. Local residents, including Shravan Jain and Udaya Mangaje, responded swiftly and dove into the lake to rescue him. Despite their efforts to locate and retrieve Chethan, he was unresponsive by the time he was brought out of the water and was declared deceased.
The Bantwal Rural police have visited the site and are conducting an investigation into the incident.
Chethan’s untimely death has left the local community, particularly his fellow students and temple devotees, in deep sorrow.
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