An engineer while trying to rescue a man, who was drowning, drowns himself in Mallalli falls. He was killed in a tragic accident on Sunday. An engineer working for Accenture, Skanda (25) from Bangalore, died on Sunday. Eleven members from Bangalore, including Skanda, visited Mallalli Fall. At around 11am they visited a pond at the bottom of the falls popularly known as a death pond. During the visit, three members from Bihar, who worked in Bengaluru, Sharma Bihar, Neelesh and Ankith Chowdhary, neglecting the caution got into the pond to take bath. During which, one among the three started drowning and the other two started shouting for help. Skanda, who was nearby went in to rescue the person who was drowning and managed to rescue him. Unfortunately, Skanda could not come out of the pond and drowned in front of his friends.
Skanda who hails from Vivekananda Nagar, Mysore, is a lone son of Mr. Shankar, Registrar, University of Mysore, and Ms. Revathi. A case has been registered and the mortal remains was handed over to the parents after the postmortem. DySP Muralidhar, Circle Inspector Nanjundegowda, PSI Shivashankar and staff- Jagadish, Shiva Kumara and Praveen visited the place and have taken further action.
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