While four persons lost their lives after being struck by lightning, a youth was electrocuted to death after he came in contact with an open wire lying on the road.
In Bajpe surroundings, two people were killed after they were struck by lightning on Tuesday. They were identified as Nonaiah (20) and Ganesh (37), two neighboring houses at Bangalemane in Swamipadavu near here.
The tragedy occurred when the duo was walking towards Bajpe town through Rajapalke Road around 7:00 pm.
Due to the lightning strike, Ganesh sustained burn injuries on his chest. Both the victims, who were lying on the road, were rushed to a hospital in Mangalore through 108 vehicle. However, they succumb to the injuries.
Nonaiah was a Yakshagana artiste and was known for his feminine roles in Sunkadakatte Mela since past three years. He was the youngest among six children of late Krishna Gowda and Girija couple.
Ganesh was the only son of Rukkayya Gowda and Late Dhombi couple. He was survived by his wife Mohini, and two sons – 6-year-old Suresh and 2-year-old Gautham.
Mulku-Moodbidri MLA Abhayachandra Jain and other local leaders visited the victims' houses and consoled their family members.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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