MANGALURU: Wedding celebrations turned tragic for a family after four persons, including a girl, drowned in river Shambhavi, near Kadandale under Moodbidri police limits, on Tuesday. The victims, who are relatives, had come to Shridhar Acharya’s house to attend a wedding.
The victims have been identified as Nikhil, 18, Harshitha, 20, residents of Moodushedde; Subhash, 19, resident of Venur and Ravi, 30, resident of Pejar, Bajpe. The bodies of Nikhil and Harshitha were recovered. The search to retrieve the other two bodies will resume on Wednesday morning.
According to police, the incident took place around 4.30pm. The victims had come to Shridhar Acharya’s house to attend a wedding, which took place two days ago.
On Tuesday, the four decided to go for a swim in the river. One of them began drowning and screamed for help. The other three rushed to help and all four drowned.
A case has been registered at Moodbidri police station.