Boy drowns in canal

Mangaluru: A boy drowned after he slipped and fell into a canal near his house at Kanbettu, near Kubchur, near Hebri, on Friday. The deceased is Srisanth Bhat, 10, the son of Dayanand Bhat. Srisanth was a student of Hebrai Amrita Bharati Vidyalaya. According to police, he slipped and fell into the canal while walking on a wooden log kept across it. A case has been registered at the Hebri police station in this regard.