Kanive, Nov. 12: Two students drowned in the water near Hadre Herur in the Harangi backwater area on Wednesday afternoon.
The three students, who were studying in a government college in Madikeri, arrived at the Harangi backwater area from Madikeri at 11 am in a white Maruti - 800 car with registration number KA 04- N 6842.
Among the two students who died, the body of Chaswin Chengappa (19), son of Pandira Poovayya of Hebbettageri, was pulled out of the water, and the search is on for the body of his other friend Tarun Thimmaiah (19)
Laveen Ponnappa, son of Mechanda Muthanna of Madikeri Ranipet, who was in the water with these two, was the lucky one to survive.
As soon as the tragedy was reported, the staff of Suntikoppa police station, led by Kushalnagar Circle Inspector Dinesh Kumar, arrived at the scene.
Later, the staff of Kushalnagar Fire Station and Dubare Rafting staff rushed to the spot and conducted an autopsy.
The deceased students, who had come in the car, went about a km from the backwater area. It is unfortunate that they drowned in the water.
When I spoke to Naveen Ponnappa, the survivor of the three, he said that Chengappa was only a friend to me. I did not know the other deceased.
Even though I said I would not come, Chengappa insisted and took me from Madikeri. I did not go into the water. Both of them had taken off only their shirts and entered the water in their pants. They had gone about a km from the shore and entered the water.
First, I saw Chengappa's friend drowning in the water and Chengappa shouted, so I ran to him.
When I saw Chengappa, who had gone to save his friend, also drowning, I jumped into the water with my clothes and tried to save him.
By then, both of them were drowning. Later, I only know that the neighboring gardeners came when I screamed, Laveen explained.
Every year, such cases of death continue to occur in the Harangi backwaters, and even though we locals have taken steps to prevent vehicles from entering by arranging stones and rocks, some people continue to rush here to invite death by being hooligans, said Nakur Shirangala Gram Panchayat President Jagannath ‘Shakti’, a local resident.
DySP Chandrashekhar, Suntikoppa Station Officer Mohan Raju, and staff Sudheesh Kumar, Honnaraju, Umesh, and Shashikumar.
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